Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.4

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi GÃnter,

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 09:29:52AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > JFYI, when comparing v4.4[1] to v4.4-rc8[3], the summaries are:
>> >   - build errors: +13/-13
>>
>> > [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/9774/ (all 259 configs)
>>
>>   + /tmp/cc0jJBdq.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
>> `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
>>   + /tmp/ccAZ4Auh.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
>> `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
>>   + /tmp/ccB0ZRvh.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
>> `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 403, 41
>>   + /tmp/ccMX3tVu.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
>> `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
>>   + /tmp/ccRRACJX.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
>> `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
>>   + /tmp/ccV0AVwo.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
>> `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 44
>>   + /tmp/ccYG07Rw.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
>> `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 49, 378
>>   + /tmp/ccZgopoJ.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
>> `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 49, 366
>>   + /tmp/ccdDASPC.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
>> `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
>>   + /tmp/cclXFWlr.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
>> `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
>>   + /tmp/ccnzCwY6.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
>> `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
>>   + /tmp/ccyAN6Ix.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
>> `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
>>
>> Various MIPS, the saga continues...
>>
>
> Hi Geert,
>
> do you know which version of binutils is used by kisskb ?
> If it is 2.23.90 or similar (ie below 2.24 and third level version
> has more than one digit), there is a patch pending to fix it.

No, I don't know.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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