Wolfgang, Thanks. That was the problem. I am using ELDK on x86 platform and 2.4.21 for powerpc kernel.
======= 2004-05-18 09:31:00 Origianl message======= >In message <200405180149.i4I1niRV001354 at ms.usish.com> you wrote: >> >> ELDK worked for me greatly before. Just a few days ago,I found >> that when I not use make clean, things work ok. However when I make >> clean and make uImage, the following error message appears: > >What host system are you running? Are you sure your native compiler is >working? > >Which kernel tree is this? How did you configure the kernel? What is >the _exact_ sequence of commands you are using? > >> make[3]: Entering directory `/root/new/4.1/drivers/char' >> gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer >> -I/root/new/4.1/arch/ppc -o conmakehash conmakehash.c >> /tmp/cck3aG7b.s: Assembler messages: >> /tmp/cck3aG7b.s:2: Warning: Unrecognized .section attribute: want a,m,s,w,x >> /tmp/cck3aG7b.s:2: Warning: Unrecognized .section attribute: want a,m,s,w,x >> /tmp/cck3aG7b.s:155: Warning: Unrecognized .section attribute: want a,m,s,w,x >> /tmp/cck3aG7b.s:155: Warning: Unrecognized .section attribute: want a,m,s,w,x >> /usr/local/bin/ld: unrecognized option '--eh-frame-hdr' >> /usr/local/bin/ld: use the --help option for usage information >.... > >> It seems that the toolchain is broken since it used gcc instead of >> ppc_82xx-gcc which caused error happen. I reinstalled the ELDK and > >You are wrong. This is one of the source files which gets compiled >using the host's native compiler; the Makefile has this rule for it: > > conmakehash: conmakehash.c > $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -o conmakehash conmakehash.c > >> help. So what could be the problem? Some configuration changes? > >Obviously your hostcompiler (gcc) and/or you host's binutils have some >problems. This is not a problem with the ELDK. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Best regards Jack Liu R&D Dept. USI(Shanghai) Inc. Tel: +86-21-58966996x1155 Fax: +86-21-58967931 Email: Jack_liu at usish.com http://www.usi.com.tw ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/