Re: next-20081216 - powerpc link error 'dynreloc miscount'

Hi Kamalesh,

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:38:58 +0530 Kamalesh Babulal [off-list ref] wrote:

	next-20081216 build breaks on powerpc

ld: dynreloc miscount for kernel/built-in.o, section .opd
ld: can not edit opd Bad value
make: *** [vmlinux.o] Error 1

# ld --version
GNU ld version 2.16.1 Debian GNU/Linux

# gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.0.2 20050808 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.0.1-4ubuntu9)

Yeah, I have seen this as well.  A later toolchain (gcc 4.3.2, binutils
2.19) works ok.  Also it is only a problem for some configs (see
http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/9/).  It started with
next-20081215.

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Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au
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