From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751850Ab2DKEvM (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:51:12 -0400 Received: from ud10.udmedia.de ([194.117.254.50]:52823 "EHLO mail.ud10.udmedia.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750901Ab2DKEvL (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:51:11 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:51:07 +0200 From: Markus Trippelsdorf To: "Theodore Ts'o" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hjl.tools@gmail.com Subject: Re: Trying to make a working kernel with the gold linker Message-ID: <20120411045107.GA324@x4> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2012.04.10 at 22:23 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > So I was trying to see if I could make the kernel build with the gold > linker (since until it can, I can't install it on my system). > > I saw a message from HJ indicating one of the problems was x86_64 gold > used an incompatible max-page-size setting, so I tried changing it in > hopes that would make a bootable kernel. > > No dice, it didn't work. (At least not with a 2.20 binutils-gold.) > > Does anybody know what the other issues with the gold linker? Is the > 2.22 binutils-gold more likely to work? Yes. I use it regularly. The last problems were fixed two years ago. Please try a more recent version. -- Markus