Re: 2.4.15 kernel
On Fri, 2001-11-23 at 21:16, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote:
>
> On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Kevin van Haaren wrote:
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> > Has anyone ben able to compile a pure 2.4.15 kernel? I'm getting the error:
> >
> > kernel/kernel.o: In function `show_task':
> > kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x17e0): undefined reference to `show_trace_task'
> > kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x17e0): relocation truncated to fit:
> > R_PPC_REL24 show_trace_task
> > make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
>
> Ugh. Ok, I'll look at the reloc problem.
>
> > I thought it might be because I switched over to using gcc 3 from
> > debian unstable. But I switched back to 2.95.4 and got the same
> > error.
>
> Nope...it's a binutils bug.
No it's not, relax. :)
That message always appears for undefined references. IIRC the linker
sets them to some magic value which doesn't fit into an R_PPC_REL24
relocation.
It's really a configuration error or kernel bug, maybe still missing PPC
bits.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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