>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Horman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Simon> On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 02:26:07PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: >> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:07:45 +1100 Peter Chubb >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > >>>>> "akpm" == akpm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > >> > akpm> From: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I get this: >> > >> > akpm> >> /opt/crosstool/gcc-3.4.5-glibc-2.3.6/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/gcc/ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/3.4.5/../../../../ia64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ld: >> > akpm> section .data.patch [a000000000000500 -> a000000000000507] >> > akpm> overlaps section .dynamic [a0000000000003c8 -> >> a000000000000507] >> > >> > If you switch to gcc 4.1 the patch section shrinks again and this >> patch > isn't necessary. >> >> It took me two solid days work to generate my current cross-compile >> suite. Weep. >> >> I spose I can keep this patch locally if that's the direction which >> i64 wants to take. But in that case ia64 should #error out early >> if __GNUC__ is wrong. Simon> Hi Peter, Simon> can you be a little more specific about what toolchain you are Simon> using? I'm using crosstool but the most recent thing that it Simon> seems to like is gcc-3.4.5 + glibc 2.3.6. I don't mind working Simon> on crosstool a bit to get a newer gcc working, but I'd be Simon> grateful of any advice on versions to avoid too much stabbing Simon> in the dark. I run the Debian packaged tools. It's trivial then to generate cross compilers, or native compilers. What's more there are pre-packaged cross-toolchains at the emdebian site (although Itanium is a bit of an also-ran, and at various times the prepackaged ones are inconsistent -- for example the compiler package relies on libunwind which isn't there, etc). What I'll do today, is try a number of different compiler version (it's realtively easy for me to do this), and email tomorrow which ones compile a generic kernel, and if I have time, which ones boot. Currently, I know 4.1 works (we use it for http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/kerncomp ). 3.4.5 has the problem that the patch section is too large to fit. 4.2 fails to compile tiger_defconfig (problems with the PS2 mouse code that've already been reported to the GCC maintainers). -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
