From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FD1FC004D3 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:46:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 254A02082E for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:46:33 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 254A02082E Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=gherkin.frus.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726838AbeJXXOy (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2018 19:14:54 -0400 Received: from gherkin.frus.com ([192.158.254.49]:57938 "EHLO gherkin.frus.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726457AbeJXXOy (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2018 19:14:54 -0400 Received: by gherkin.frus.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 11B5D3D005; Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:46:29 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:46:29 -0500 From: Bob Tracy To: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org Cc: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: vmlinux ld relocation errors on Alpha Message-ID: <20181024144629.GA6338@gherkin.frus.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Back in January of 2017, a patch set was created for the 4.9.0 kernel and *hopefully* sent upstream to address the subject issue. The patch implemented a workaround: defining a new "alphalib" section for all the Alpha-specific library functions to be linked into the final vmlinux. The patch was definitely not implemented in a vacuum: Helge Deller and Michael Cree suggested the fix approach, and both Maciej W. Rozycki and Matt Turner provided significant input along the way. At this late date, I was forced to resync my Alpha build tree with the one from "kernel.org", and noticed the patch set never made it into mainline. There's a definite possibility it was never submitted upstream, and a further possibility it was NACK'd for some reason. Am currently attempting a native 4.19.0 build with an up-to-date debian "sid" toolchain. If the build succeeds, than the issue became OBE for whatever reason. Otherwise, it would be nice to know what happened to the patch set. Should know either way as far as the build in a few more hours. --Bob