Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.4

From	Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.4
Date	2016-01-18 17:40 +0100
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On 01/13/2016 09:44 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-01-11 at 12:38 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> Hi Günter,
>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 09:29:52AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>>>> <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>>>>> JFYI, when comparing v4.4[1] to v4.4-rc8[3], the summaries are:
>>>>>    - build errors: +13/-13
>>>>> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/9774/ (all 259 configs)
>>>>
>>>>    + /tmp/ccnzCwY6.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
>>>> `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
>>>>    + /tmp/ccyAN6Ix.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
>>>> `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
>>>>
>>>> Various MIPS, the saga continues...
>>>
>>> Hi Geert,
>>>
>>> do you know which version of binutils is used by kisskb ?
>>> If it is 2.23.90 or similar (ie below 2.24 and third level version
>>> has more than one digit), there is a patch pending to fix it.
>>
>> No, I don't know.
>
> It dumps the GCC version, but not binutils. I should add that one day.
>
> The mips toolchain is pretty old, so it's using binutils 2.22. Are you saying I
> need to update it?
>
Michael,

is your toolchain available somewhere as binary ? I'd like to add a single
mips build test using it if possible.

Thanks,
Guenter

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Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.4 Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-01-18 17:40 +0100
  Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.4 Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> - 2016-01-19 00:40 +0100
    Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.4 Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-01-19 01:10 +0100

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