Package: binutils-gold Version: 2.23.1-1~exp3 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, The Linux kernel for my device (olpc arm/3.5 for xo-4) uses armv8 for the compressing process. (only the zImage, the compiled kernel--Image-- that zImage encapsulates builds fine)
olpc@xo:~/git/linux$ make zImage CHK include/linux/version.h CHK include/generated/utsrelease.h make[1]: `include/generated/mach-types.h' is up to date. CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh CHK include/generated/compile.h CHK kernel/config_data.h Kernel: arch/arm/boot/Image is ready AS arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip.o LD arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux /usr/bin/ld.gold.real: error: arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip.o: unknown CPU architecture /usr/bin/ld.gold.real: error: arch/arm/boot/compressed/lib1funcs.o: unknown CPU architecture /usr/bin/ld.gold.real: error: arch/arm/boot/compressed/ashldi3.o: unknown CPU architecture make[2]: *** [arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 1 make[1]: *** [arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2 make: *** [zImage] Error 2 olpc@xo:~/git/linux$ readelf -A arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip.o Attribute Section: aeabi File Attributes Tag_CPU_name: "all" Tag_CPU_arch: v8 Tag_CPU_arch_profile: Application Tag_ARM_ISA_use: Yes Tag_THUMB_ISA_use: Thumb-2 Tag_FP_arch: VFPv3-D16 Tag_MPextension_use: Allowed Tag_Virtualization_use: TrustZone and Virtualization Extensions Running with ld.bfd works. Invocation: ld -EL --defsym _kernel_bss_size=635212 --defsym zreladdr=0x00008000 -p --no-undefined -X -T arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.o arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy.gzip.o arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.o arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.o arch/arm/boot/compressed/string.o arch/arm/boot/compressed/lib1funcs.o arch/arm/boot/compressed/ashldi3.o -o arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux Please ask for any files you may want attached. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: armhf (armv7l) Kernel: Linux 3.5.43.5.4-00629-gd105eba (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages binutils-gold depends on: ii binutils 2.23.1-1~exp3 binutils-gold recommends no packages. binutils-gold suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org