Re: vmlinux Kernel ld error

[heinold@physik.tu-cottbus.de (H.Heinold)]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 04:33:33PM -0700, John D. Davis wrote:
> I am currently trying to build the vmlinux kernel on an SGI Indy.  I am
> using(from ftp://ftp.rfc822.org/pub/local/debian-mips/):
> 
> binutils-20001007.tar.gz
> gcc-20001007.tar.gz
> make_3.79.1-1_mips.deb
> 
> and
> libc6-dev_2.1.95-1_mips.deb
> for the /usr/include stuff
> 
> libcg-2.2-8 is on the machine from base2_2.2.
> I am getting an ld error after I have done the configuration and make dep.
> This is the ld error:
> 
> ld -static -G 0 -T arch/mips/ld.script arch/mips/kernel/head.o
> arch/mips/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o init/version.o \
> 	--start-group \
> 	arch/mips/kernel/kernel.o arch/mips/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o
> mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o arch/mips/math-emu/fpu_emulator.o
> arch/mips/sgi/kernel/ip22-kern.o \
> 	 drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o
> drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/scsi/scsidrv.o
> drivers/sgi/sgi.a drivers/video/video.o \
> 	net/network.o \
> 	arch/mips/lib/lib.a /home/johnd/linux/lib/lib.a
> arch/mips/arc/arclib.a \	--end-group \
> 	-o vmlinux
> mips-linux-ld: drivers/media/media.o: uses different e_flags (0x0) fields
> than previous modules (0x100)
> Bad value: failed to merge target specific data of file
> drivers/media/media.o
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
> 
> Is anyone familar with this error and a possible fix?  I am using all of
> the standard config options except CD-ROM support.  I don't have one for
> the machine.
> Thanks for your time.
> john davis
> 
> 

Hm,

I know the error the fix is to comment out the media stuff in the Makefiles.

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Henning Heinold