RE: 2.6.20 doesn't compile with gcc-3.2.2

RE: 2.6.20 doesn't compile with gcc-3.2.2

[Kilau, Scott]

Hi Al,
 
> What was your binutils version (# ld -v) before and after the upgrade?

I was on the "last" version of binutils that Red Hat 9 had, which was:
binutils-2.13.90.0.18-9.i386 


I went up to the prebuilt version of binutils from Fedora Core 3:

[root@scottk7 tmp]# ld -v
GNU ld version 2.15.92.0.2 20040927
[root@scottk7 tmp]# rpm -qa|grep binutil
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-5.1


Scott

Re: 2.6.20 doesn't compile with gcc-3.2.2

[Al Boldi]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> writes:
> > Doing the following results in an incomplete vmlinuz:
> >
> > # make mrproper
> > # make allnoconfig
> > # make bzlilo
> >
> > objcopy: arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin: File truncated
>
> This looks more like some local problem.

It's a binutils problem.

As Scott mentioned, upgrading from
	GNU ld version 2.13.90.0.18 20030121
to
	GNU ld version 2.15.92.0.2 20040927
solves it.

But it's still not clear what change in 2.6.20 required the upgrade.


Thanks!

--
Al

Re: 2.6.20 doesn't compile with gcc-3.2.2

[Andi Kleen]

Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> writes:

> Doing the following results in an incomplete vmlinuz:
> 
> # make mrproper
> # make allnoconfig
> # make bzlilo
> 
> objcopy: arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin: File truncated

This looks more like some local problem. Are you sure you didn't run out of
disk space or similar?  When you rerun make what error do you see?

> make[2]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
> make: *** [bzlilo] Error 2
> 
> # gcc -v
> Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.2.2/specs
> Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib 
> --with-slibdir=/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info 
> --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --enable-long-long 
> --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,f77,objc,java 
> --host=i586-mandrake-linux-gnu --with-system-zlib
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)
> 
> 
> Is gcc-4.0.1 now the minimum required to compile the kernel?

3.2 should work. Only 2.xx support was dropped.

-Andi

Re: 2.6.20 doesn't compile with gcc-3.2.2

[Alistair John Strachan]

On Monday 05 February 2007 18:04, you wrote:
> Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> > On Monday 05 February 2007 13:48, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> > > Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> wrote:
> > > > Doing the following results in an incomplete vmlinuz:
> > > >
> > > > # make bzlilo
> > > >
> > > > objcopy: arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin: File truncated
> > > > make[2]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin] Error 1
> > > > make[1]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
> > > > make: *** [bzlilo] Error 2
> > > >
> > > > gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)
> > >
> > > I just compiled using gcc 3.3.5 (debian stable). Please verify that
> > > your disk is not full and gcc is the cause. If it is, this patch should
> > > do the trick: :)
> >
> > Not so fast.. post your config? If you've got anything referring to
> > relocatable kernel support, try disabling it?
>
> No luck disabling relocatable kernel, but using a mem-split other than 3/1
> compiles fine.  There is a catch though, the kernel won't boot anymore.
>
> # ld -v
> GNU ld version 2.13.90.0.18 20030121
>
> Which binutils version is now the minimum required, and why is a binutils
> upgrade necessary?

Another obvious question is, did -rc1/-rc2 compile correctly? If you have the 
time, go through all the -rc's, that'll make a bisection easier (if you end 
up having to do one).

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

Final year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.

Re: 2.6.20 doesn't compile with gcc-3.2.2

[Alistair John Strachan]

On Monday 05 February 2007 18:04, Al Boldi wrote:
> Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> > On Monday 05 February 2007 13:48, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> > > Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> wrote:
> > > > Doing the following results in an incomplete vmlinuz:
> > > >
> > > > # make bzlilo
> > > >
> > > > objcopy: arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin: File truncated
> > > > make[2]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin] Error 1
> > > > make[1]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
> > > > make: *** [bzlilo] Error 2
> > > >
> > > > gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)
> > >
> > > I just compiled using gcc 3.3.5 (debian stable). Please verify that
> > > your disk is not full and gcc is the cause. If it is, this patch should
> > > do the trick: :)
> >
> > Not so fast.. post your config? If you've got anything referring to
> > relocatable kernel support, try disabling it?
>
> No luck disabling relocatable kernel, but using a mem-split other than 3/1
> compiles fine.  There is a catch though, the kernel won't boot anymore.
>
> # ld -v
> GNU ld version 2.13.90.0.18 20030121
>
> Which binutils version is now the minimum required, and why is a binutils
> upgrade necessary?

Documentation/Changes still says 2.12, and your binutils is closer to 2.14.
I can't think of a particular patch to point the finger at (looking now).

If you want an interim workaround, grab a newer binutils (probably 2.17), 
install it to a prefix like $HOME/binutils, then:

export PATH=$HOME/binutils/bin:$PATH

And confirm the resulting kernel builds and works.

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

Final year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.

Re: 2.6.20 doesn't compile with gcc-3.2.2

[Kilau, Scott]

Hi all,

> > objcopy: arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin: File truncated
> > make[2]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin] Error 1
> > make[1]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
> > make: *** [bzlilo] Error 2

I got the same as well here on my box.

I am using Red Hat 9, with a lot of things upgraded.

I found other "hints" that this might be a binutils issue,
which obviously hasn't been touched in years on Red Hat 9,
so I picked up the binutils built for Fedora Core 3,
and installed them...

That solved the problem.

Scott Kilau

Re: 2.6.20 doesn't compile with gcc-3.2.2

[Alistair John Strachan]

On Monday 05 February 2007 13:48, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> wrote:
> > Doing the following results in an incomplete vmlinuz:
> >
> > # make bzlilo
> >
> > objcopy: arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin: File truncated
> > make[2]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin] Error 1
> > make[1]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
> > make: *** [bzlilo] Error 2
> >
> > gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)
>
> I just compiled using gcc 3.3.5 (debian stable). Please verify that your
> disk is not full and gcc is the cause. If it is, this patch should do the
> trick: :)

Not so fast.. post your config? If you've got anything referring to 
relocatable kernel support, try disabling it?

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

Final year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.

2.6.20 doesn't compile with gcc-3.2.2

[Bodo Eggert]

Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> wrote:

> Doing the following results in an incomplete vmlinuz:

> # make bzlilo
> 
> objcopy: arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin: File truncated
> make[2]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
> make: *** [bzlilo] Error 2

> gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)

I just compiled using gcc 3.3.5 (debian stable). Please verify that your 
disk is not full and gcc is the cause. If it is, this patch should do the 
trick: :)

--- ./Documentation/Changes~	2007-02-05 15:10:04.000000000 +0100
+++ ./Documentation/Changes	2007-02-05 15:10:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ hardware, for example, you probably need
 isdn4k-utils.
 
-o  Gnu C                  3.2                     # gcc --version
+o  Gnu C                  3.3                     # gcc --version
 o  Gnu make               3.79.1                  # make --version
 o  binutils               2.12                    # ld -v

-- 
Anything you do can get you shot, including nothing. 

Re: 2.6.20 doesn't compile with gcc-3.2.2

[Alistair John Strachan]

On Monday 05 February 2007 12:31, you wrote:
> Doing the following results in an incomplete vmlinuz:
>
> # make mrproper
> # make allnoconfig
> # make bzlilo
>
> objcopy: arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin: File truncated
> make[2]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
> make: *** [bzlilo] Error 2
>
> # gcc -v
> Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.2.2/specs
> Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib
> --with-slibdir=/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info
> --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking
> --enable-long-long --enable-__cxa_atexit
> --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,f77,objc,java
> --host=i586-mandrake-linux-gnu --with-system-zlib
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)
>
>
> Is gcc-4.0.1 now the minimum required to compile the kernel?

A patch went in to remove support for GCC 3.1, but as far as I know, 3.2 
should be a supported compiler.

At any rate, this might be a binutils issue. What version of binutils are you 
using?

-- 
Cheers,
Alistair.

Final year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.

2.6.20 doesn't compile with gcc-3.2.2

[Al Boldi]

Doing the following results in an incomplete vmlinuz:

# make mrproper
# make allnoconfig
# make bzlilo

objcopy: arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin: File truncated
make[2]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin] Error 1
make[1]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
make: *** [bzlilo] Error 2

# gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.2.2/specs
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib 
--with-slibdir=/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info 
--enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --enable-long-long 
--enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,f77,objc,java 
--host=i586-mandrake-linux-gnu --with-system-zlib
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)


Is gcc-4.0.1 now the minimum required to compile the kernel?


Thanks!

--
Al