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apport-collect 1318848 and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'. If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'. This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Tags added: trusty ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1318848 Title: [ppc64el] external kernel module builds fail looking for missing crtsavres.o Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Attempting build even a simple hello world kernel on ppc64el fails with the following error: /usr/bin/ld.bfd.real: cannot find arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o: No such file or directory To reproduce, the Hello World kernel module from http://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/x121.html#AEN128 , using it and the Makefile at http://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/x181.html#AEN189 , gives the following result: $ make make -C /lib/modules/3.13.0-24-generic/build M=/home/sbeattie/tmp/hello modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-24-generic' CC [M] /home/sbeattie/tmp/hello/hello-1.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /home/sbeattie/tmp/hello/hello-1.mod.o LD [M] /home/sbeattie/tmp/hello/hello-1.ko /usr/bin/ld.bfd.real: cannot find arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [/home/sbeattie/tmp/hello/hello-1.ko] Error 1 make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-24-generic' make: *** [all] Error 2 A similar build failure is reproduced with the test-kernel- security.py:test_072_strict_devmem() test failure from the lp:qa- regression-testing tree. Seen with 3.13.0-24.46 and 3.13.0-24.47. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1318848/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp