Around Sun 09 Nov 2014 20:49:31 -0800 or thereabout, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> v3.17-stable-queue fails to buildavr32:atngw100mkii_evklcd101_defconfig
> with the following link error.
> 
> vsprintf.c:(.text+0x16dc): relocation truncated to fit: R_AVR32_16N_PCREL 
> against symbol `_ctype' defined in .text section in lib/lib.a(ctype.o)
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

Something has grown too large for a 16-bit relative jump. Are you building
with -Os?

> Culprit is commit "random: add and use memzero_explicit() for clearing data".
> I don't see the error upstream. I have no idea why it fails to build in 
> stable-queue,
> nor why the build is fine with the upstream kernel.
> 
> avr32:defconfig and avr32:merisc_defconfig builds pass without error.

I would suspect atngw100mkii_evklcd101_defconfig enables more stuff than the
other defconfigs, which might explain why. I typically build with only the
set of features I need.

Sadly, no updated toolchain will be available to my knowledge.

-- 
Hans-Christian Egtvedt
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