Re: Will's kernel compilation error

[Michael Cree]

On 17/03/2010, at 10:39 AM, Matt Turner wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Will L Givens <wlgivens@xxxxxxxxx>  
> wrote:
> > > when I hit the relocation overflow a couple of releases before, I
> > > locally
> > > applied this patch, which fixes it for me. I assume the kernel is
> > > slightly
> > > bigger this way, but I didn't measure it.
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/alpha/Makefile b/arch/alpha/Makefile
> > > index 4759fe7..2cc3cc5 100644
> > > --- a/arch/alpha/Makefile
> > > +++ b/arch/alpha/Makefile
> > > @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ NM := $(NM) -B
> > >
> > >  LDFLAGS_vmlinux      := -static -N #-relax
> > >  CHECKFLAGS   += -D__alpha__ -m64
> > > -cflags-y     := -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8 -msmall-data
> > > +cflags-y     := -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8
> > >  cflags-y     += $(call cc-option, -fno-jump-tables)
> > >
> > >  cpuflags-$(CONFIG_ALPHA_EV4)         := -mcpu=ev4
> >
> > That patch did the trick!!!! Everything built without issue... I'll  
> > post
> > your patch at bugzilla.kernel.org.
>
> Don't post it to bugzilla. It'll just rot there.
>
> The author should mail linux-alpha@ to get it reviewed.


The patch is not suitable, IMHO, for the kernel as it stands.  Some of  
us prefer the small-data model as we must boot off a slow medium that  
is supported by SRM.  Using large-data results in a larger code size.

It would be nice if the build system could detect the need for the  
large-data model before compilation but I can't see how to do that  
without actually compiling the kernel.

Therefore I suggest a kernel config item be added to optionally remove  
the -msmall-data compiler option for those who are building kernels  
with data areas greater than 64kB.  I'll drum up a patch later today.

Cheers
Michael.

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