Nathan Chancellor wrote: > On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 09:57:45AM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 09:11:00AM +0200, Rolf Eike Beer wrote: > > > Nick Desaulniers wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 10:27 AM Nick Desaulniers > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 9:26 AM Greg KH wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 05:19:40PM +0200, Rolf Eike Beer wrote: > > > > > > > I decided to dig out a toy project which uses a DragonBoard > > > > > > > 410c. This > > > > > > > has > > > > > > > been "running" with kernel 4.9, which I would keep this way for > > > > > > > unrelated > > > > > > > reasons. The vanilla 4.9 kernel wasn't bootable back then, but > > > > > > > it was > > > > > > > buildable, which was good enough. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Upgrading the kernel to 4.9.180 caused the boot to suddenly > > > > > > > fail: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > aarch64-unknown-linux-gnueabi-ld: > > > > > > > ./drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a(arm64- stub.stub.o): in > > > > > > > function > > > > > > > `handle_kernel_image': > > > > > > > /tmp/e2/build/linux-4.9.139/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-s > > > > > > > tub.c: > > > > > > > 63: > > > > > > > undefined reference to `__efistub__GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_' > > > > > > > aarch64-unknown-linux-gnueabi-ld: > > > > > > > ./drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a(arm64- stub.stub.o): > > > > > > > relocation > > > > > > > R_AARCH64_ADR_PREL_PG_HI21 against symbol > > > > > > > `__efistub__GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_' which may bind externally can > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC > > > > > > > /tmp/e2/build/linux-4.9.139/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-s > > > > > > > tub.c: > > > > > > > 63: > > > > > > > (.init.text+0xc): dangerous relocation: unsupported relocation > > > > > > > /tmp/e2/build/linux-4.9.139/Makefile:1001: recipe for target > > > > > > > 'vmlinux' > > > > > > > failed -make[1]: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is caused by commit > > > > > > > 27b5ebf61818749b3568354c64a8ec2d9cd5ecca from > > > > > > > linux-4.9.y (which is 91ee5b21ee026c49e4e7483de69b55b8b47042be), > > > > > > > reverting > > > > > > > this commit fixes the build. > > Did this ever get resolved, or is it still an issue? > > This appears to have been resolved by commit 8fca3c364683 ("efi/libstub: > Unify command line param parsing") in 4.9.181. I can build defconfig + > CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE without any issues. I can confirm that 4.9.186 builds without issues with my original config. Thanks for paying attention. Eike -- Rolf Eike Beer, emlix GmbH, http://www.emlix.com Fon +49 551 30664-0, Fax +49 551 30664-11 Gothaer Platz 3, 37083 Göttingen, Germany Sitz der Gesellschaft: Göttingen, Amtsgericht Göttingen HR B 3160 Geschäftsführung: Heike Jordan, Dr. Uwe Kracke – Ust-IdNr.: DE 205 198 055 emlix - smart embedded open source