sh64 build error - sh, kbuild or binutils problem?

sh64 build error - sh, kbuild or binutils problem?

[Adrian Bunk]

cayman_defconfig fails to build with the following error
(using binutils 2.18.50.0.7):

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...
  LD      drivers/macintosh/built-in.o
  LD      drivers/media/common/tuners/built-in.o
  CC [M]  drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-xc2028.o
  CC [M]  drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-simple.o
  CC [M]  drivers/media/common/tuners/tuner-types.o
  CC [M]  drivers/media/common/tuners/mt20xx.o
  CC [M]  drivers/media/common/tuners/tda8290.o
  CC [M]  drivers/media/common/tuners/tea5767.o
  CC [M]  drivers/media/common/tuners/tea5761.o
  CC [M]  drivers/media/common/tuners/tda9887.o
  CC [M]  drivers/media/common/tuners/xc5000.o
  LD      drivers/media/common/built-in.o
...
  LD      drivers/media/built-in.o
sh64-linux-ld: sh3 architecture of input file `drivers/media/common/built-in.o' is incompatible with sh5 outputmake[3]: *** [drivers/media/built-in.o] Error 1

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Minimal example demonstrating the problem:

$ sh64-linux-ar rcs tmp.o
$ sh64-linux-ld -EL -r -o tmp2.o tmp.o
$ sh64-linux-ld -EL -r -o out.o tmp2.o 
sh64-linux-ld: sh3 architecture of input file `tmp2.o' is incompatible with sh5 output
$ 


cu
Adrian

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       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed

Re: sh64 build error - sh, kbuild or binutils problem?

[Paul Mundt]

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:22:39PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Minimal example demonstrating the problem:
> 
> $ sh64-linux-ar rcs tmp.o
> $ sh64-linux-ld -EL -r -o tmp2.o tmp.o
> $ sh64-linux-ld -EL -r -o out.o tmp2.o 
> sh64-linux-ld: sh3 architecture of input file `tmp2.o' is incompatible with sh5 output
> $ 
> 
Yes, it's a binutils bug. I've hit this on SH-2A zImage builds too, and
hacked together a patch for it. I'll see about fixing it up fo sh64 too
and then posting it to the list.

Re: sh64 build error - sh, kbuild or binutils problem?

[Adrian Bunk]

On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 02:30:47PM +0900, Paul Mundt wrote:
> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:22:39PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > Minimal example demonstrating the problem:
> > 
> > $ sh64-linux-ar rcs tmp.o
> > $ sh64-linux-ld -EL -r -o tmp2.o tmp.o
> > $ sh64-linux-ld -EL -r -o out.o tmp2.o 
> > sh64-linux-ld: sh3 architecture of input file `tmp2.o' is incompatible with sh5 output
> > $ 
> > 
> Yes, it's a binutils bug. I've hit this on SH-2A zImage builds too, and
> hacked together a patch for it. I'll see about fixing it up fo sh64 too
> and then posting it to the list.

Thanks  :-)
Adrian

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       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed