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From: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 17:43:11 +0100
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] segmentation fault in
 object.c:type_initialize_interface() if interface not defined
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To: Liviu Ionescu <ilg@livius.net>
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On 3 April 2016 at 16:40, Liviu Ionescu <ilg@livius.net> wrote:
>
>> On 03 Apr 2016, at 15:28, Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> wrote:
>
>> since hw/arm/boot.o is in obj-y it should always be built,
>
> not necessarily, in my build configuration I have if's that
> exclude most of the files non related to Cortex-M.

boot.o is in obj-y; it is (I think) impossible to
build a v7M supporting QEMU without boot.o unless you've modified
the makefiles for some reason. That would not be a configuration
issue or a bug in QEMU, but a problem with your local modifications.

> in previous versions boot.o was not needed. in 2.5.1 you
> introduced a non-obvious dependency to it and the build
> passed, but the program crashed.
>
>> but we could assert on it rather than just crashing.
>
> my suggestion is to assert, it is easier to debug a failed
> assertion.

Yes, I agree.

thanks
-- PMM