From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753827Ab3HPHui (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Aug 2013 03:50:38 -0400 Received: from mail.active-venture.com ([67.228.131.205]:59245 "EHLO mail.active-venture.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753068Ab3HPHuf (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Aug 2013 03:50:35 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 108.223.40.66 Message-ID: <520DD9CA.90305@roeck-us.net> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:50:34 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130803 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Max Filippov CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Linux kernel cross-compilers References: <520C9A39.3030808@roeck-us.net> <20130816054823.GB28445@thor.bakeyournoodle.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 08/16/2013 12:22 AM, Max Filippov wrote: > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Tony Breeds wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 01:46:16PM +0400, Max Filippov wrote: >> >>> Yes, xtensa compiler/linker is known to have issues with link-time >>> relaxation; e.g. it may fail to build linux image without CONFIG_LD_NO_RELAX. >> >> Is there something I can do at linker build time to help with this? > > I don't think so. Apparently it's not a linker configuration issue, it's a bug. > CONFIG_LD_NO_RELAX doesn't help. For reference, here is the error: xtensa-linux-objcopy: Unable to change endianness of input file(s) make[2]: *** [arch/xtensa/boot/boot-elf/Image.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [boot-elf] Error 2 make: *** [zImage] Error 2 Oddly enough, I only see the problem on one of three servers. Guenter