[Bug binutils/2462] -Wl,-s doesn't strip everything in 2.16.91.0.6

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
--- Additional Comments From hjl at lucon dot org 2006-03-17 06:44 --- I also saw this on Linux/x86-64. -- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2462 --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. __

[Bug binutils/2462] -Wl,-s doesn't strip everything in 2.16.91.0.6

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
--- Additional Comments From hjl at lucon dot org 2006-03-17 06:33 --- Paul, it looks like your patch: http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2005-05/msg00170.html puts a some random bytes at the end of output. Can you look into it? Thanks. -- What|Removed

[Bug ld/2464] [2.16.1 regression] ld produces unusable elilo.efi executable

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
--- Additional Comments From hjl at lucon dot org 2006-03-17 05:31 --- Do you have a list of known working/non-working gcc versions? -- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2464 --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are

[Bug ld/2464] [2.16.1 regression] ld produces unusable elilo.efi executable

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
--- Additional Comments From hjl at lucon dot org 2006-03-17 03:52 --- What was the date of last working binutils, which I can use to check out from binutils CVS mainline with # cvs co -D "x" -- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2464 --- You are receiving this m

[Bug ld/2464] [2.16.1 regression] ld produces unusable elilo.efi executable

2006-03-16 Thread mjg59 at srcf dot ucam dot org
--- Additional Comments From mjg59 at srcf dot ucam dot org 2006-03-17 03:59 --- 2005-10-24 is broken, but narrowing it down further (based on the times) the patch you committed for that (dated the 23rd, but appeared on the 24th judging by CVS timstamps) is the turning point - before tha

[Bug ld/2464] [2.16.1 regression] ld produces unusable elilo.efi executable

2006-03-16 Thread mjg59 at srcf dot ucam dot org
--- Additional Comments From mjg59 at srcf dot ucam dot org 2006-03-17 03:43 --- gcc-4.0.3 appears to work with gnu-efi 3.0b. I'm using the tarball and diff from http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gnu-efi/ . -- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2464 --- You

[Bug binutils/2467] "ar q" gives quadratic memory use

2006-03-16 Thread drow at false dot org
--- Additional Comments From drow at false dot org 2006-03-17 03:18 --- Subject: Re: "ar q" gives quadratic memory use On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 12:46:53AM -, dcoutts at gentoo dot org wrote: > This problem with ranlib/ar memory consumption is made worse by the fact that > we > have

[Bug ld/2464] [2.16.1 regression] ld produces unusable elilo.efi executable

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
--- Additional Comments From hjl at lucon dot org 2006-03-17 03:16 --- I don't need elilo.so since I can generate working EFI applications. We have 2 problems here, gcc and binutils. Which gcc can be used for gnu-efi? I know gcc 2.96 works and gcc 3.2 doesn't work. How about gcc 3.4 and g

[Bug binutils/2467] "ar q" gives quadratic memory use

2006-03-16 Thread dcoutts at gentoo dot org
--- Additional Comments From dcoutts at gentoo dot org 2006-03-17 03:08 --- Interestingly, this bit has no noticable effect on memory use. /* Now ask the BFD to free up any cached information, so we don't fill all of memory with symbol tables. */ if (!

[Bug binutils/2467] "ar q" gives quadratic memory use

2006-03-16 Thread dcoutts at gentoo dot org
--- Additional Comments From dcoutts at gentoo dot org 2006-03-17 02:57 --- Adding some instrumantation shows that the spike in memory use occurs within the function _bfd_compute_and_write_armap() in bfd's archive.c module. It maps over each object file in the archive and allocates symb

[Bug ld/2464] [2.16.1 regression] ld produces unusable elilo.efi executable

2006-03-16 Thread mjg59 at srcf dot ucam dot org
--- Additional Comments From mjg59 at srcf dot ucam dot org 2006-03-17 02:49 --- gnu-efi 3.0a is incompatible with gcc 4, to the best of my knowledge. Using gcc-4.0 with -march=i386 and binutils before 2005-10-23 I can build working elilo binaries. After that date (to be precise, the pat

[Bug ld/2464] [2.16.1 regression] ld produces unusable elilo.efi executable

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
--- Additional Comments From hjl at lucon dot org 2006-03-17 02:36 --- I can use gcc 2.96 from RH 7.3 and the Linux binutils 2.13.90.0.4 to generate working EFI applications. -- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2464 --- You are receiving this mail because: --- Y

[Bug gas/1387] .equiv may not detect already defined symbol

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
-- What|Removed |Added GCC host triplet|*-*-* | GCC target triplet|*-*-* | http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1387 --

[Bug ld/2322] Improve linker ELF program header error message

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
--- Additional Comments From bje at sources dot redhat dot com 2006-03-17 02:34 --- HJ's patch (http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2006-02/msg00146.html) was committed: 2006-02-16 H.J. Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PR ld/2322 * elf.c (get_segment_type): New function.

[Bug gas/2412] DOCUMENTATION BUG

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
--- Additional Comments From bje at sources dot redhat dot com 2006-03-17 02:29 --- These aren't pseudo-ops as such. These are part of the assembly language syntax which is not normally documented in the GAS manual for each target. This documentation can be obtained elsewhere. However

[Bug binutils/747] Profiling of nested functions

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
--- Additional Comments From bje at sources dot redhat dot com 2006-03-17 01:50 --- Changing to an enhancement request. -- What|Removed |Added Severity|normal

[Bug binutils/2467] "ar q" gives quadratic memory use

2006-03-16 Thread dcoutts at gentoo dot org
--- Additional Comments From dcoutts at gentoo dot org 2006-03-17 00:46 --- I tried using the 'S' modifier which did make adding archive members faster (by not building the symbol index). However it also missed members out for some reason which I have not figured out yet. Further tests

[Bug gas/2345] The rule 17 in IA64 dependency table isn't handled correctly

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
-- What|Removed |Added AssignedTo|unassigned at sources dot |wilson at sources dot redhat |redhat dot com |dot com Status|NEW

[Bug binutils/2462] -Wl,-s doesn't strip everything in 2.16.91.0.6

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
--- Additional Comments From hjl at lucon dot org 2006-03-16 23:16 --- Please provide a simple source code with instructions to reproduce the problem you have described. -- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2462 --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You ar

[Bug binutils/2335] gprof reads executable 10x slower on opteron/x86_64

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
-- What|Removed |Added GCC host triplet|opteron linux x86_64|x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2335 --- You are receiving this m

[Bug binutils/2428] rep and repz are misdisassembled

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
--- Additional Comments From hjl at lucon dot org 2006-03-16 19:43 --- Fixed. -- What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolut

[Bug ld/2443] Dwarf2 reader doesn't handle file 0 correctly

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
--- Additional Comments From hjl at lucon dot org 2006-03-16 19:42 --- Fixed. -- What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolut

[Bug binutils/1027] unable to utilise ar function when linking dynamically

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
--- Additional Comments From bje at sources dot redhat dot com 2006-03-17 01:11 --- There is nothing here to suggest a problem with binutils, but more likely, a non-functional build system for the package that the user is trying to build. No further feedback for almost 9 months. --

[Bug ld/800] Slow linking on network disks (no output buffering?)

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
-- What|Removed |Added Severity|normal |enhancement http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=800 --- You are receiving this mail because: -

[Bug binutils/642] objcopy testsuite CC/CFLAGS make enviroment

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
-- What|Removed |Added AssignedTo|unassigned at sources dot |bje at sources dot redhat |redhat dot com |dot com Status|NEW

[Bug gas/1008] Internal error on valid code

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
--- Additional Comments From bje at sources dot redhat dot com 2006-03-17 01:02 --- Reproduced using CVS HEAD. -- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1008 --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who

[Bug gas/1009] .pred.rel.mutex doesn't understand .rotp values

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
-- What|Removed |Added AssignedTo|unassigned at sources dot |wilson at sources dot redhat |redhat dot com |dot com Status|NEW

[Bug gas/2446] .ident documented behaviour different from reality

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
--- Additional Comments From bje at sources dot redhat dot com 2006-03-17 00:45 --- Fixed with this patch: Checking in doc/as.texinfo; /cvs/src/src/gas/doc/as.texinfo,v <-- as.texinfo new revision: 1.141; previous revision: 1.140 done -- What|Removed

[Bug gas/845] GAS .rept pseudo op-code

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
--- Additional Comments From bje at sources dot redhat dot com 2006-03-17 00:39 --- Hi Nick I cannot reproduce this bug either. It's almost been a year since you responded to the submitter and they have not responded. I propose that we close this bug report. Cheers, Ben --

[Bug gas/998] generates non-optimal instruction...

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
-- What|Removed |Added GCC host triplet|Freebsd i386|i386-pc-freebsd http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=998 --- You are receiving this mail becaus

[Bug gas/997] invalid error messages, and internal error abort

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
-- What|Removed |Added GCC host triplet|Freebsd i386|i386-pc-freebsd http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=997 --- You are receiving this mail becaus

[Bug binutils/1298] m68k-dis.c:1348: warning: argument 'info' might be clobbered by 'longjmp' or 'vfork'

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
-- What|Removed |Added AssignedTo|unassigned at sources dot |bje at sources dot redhat |redhat dot com |dot com Status|NEW

[Bug gas/2412] DOCUMENTATION BUG

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
-- What|Removed |Added AssignedTo|unassigned at sources dot |bje at sources dot redhat |redhat dot com |dot com Status|NEW

[Bug gas/2446] .ident documented behaviour different from reality

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
--- Additional Comments From bje at sources dot redhat dot com 2006-03-16 23:59 --- Patch posted: http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2006-03/msg00226.html -- What|Removed |Added

[Bug gas/2446] .ident documented behaviour different from reality

2006-03-16 Thread bje at sources dot redhat dot com
-- What|Removed |Added AssignedTo|unassigned at sources dot |bje at sources dot redhat |redhat dot com |dot com Status|NEW

[Bug binutils/2462] -Wl,-s doesn't strip everything in 2.16.91.0.6

2006-03-16 Thread others1 at pervalidus dot net
--- Additional Comments From others1 at pervalidus dot net 2006-03-16 23:43 --- I can reproduce it with anything, even a single #include void main(void) { printf("Hello world \n"); } New binutils: $ gcc -o foo -Wl,-s foo.c foo.c: In function `main': foo.c:2: warning: return type of '

[Bug ld/2464] [2.16.1 regression] ld produces unusable elilo.efi executable

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
--- Additional Comments From hjl at lucon dot org 2006-03-16 23:22 --- I couldn't even get simple EFI applications in gnu-efi 3.0a to work on IA32 with various versions of gcc and binutils. -- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2464 --- You are receiving this mail bec

[Bug ld/2464] [2.16.1 regression] ld produces unusable elilo.efi executable

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
--- Additional Comments From hjl at lucon dot org 2006-03-16 23:09 --- Please also tell me which version of binutils works. -- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2464 --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching

[Bug binutils/2462] -Wl,-s doesn't strip everything in 2.16.91.0.6

2006-03-16 Thread others1 at pervalidus dot net
--- Additional Comments From others1 at pervalidus dot net 2006-03-16 23:08 --- As I wrote, I'm very clueless about it, so I don't know how to write a testcase. Would that help if I upload my binutils somewhere ? I could also give ssh access to whoever wants to take a look. -- htt

[Bug ld/1487] ELF input section may not be handled properly

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
-- What|Removed |Added OtherBugsDependingO||2464 nThis|| http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1487 --

[Bug ld/2464] [2.16.1 regression] ld produces unusable elilo.efi executable

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
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[Bug ld/2464] [2.16.1 regression] ld produces unusable elilo.efi executable

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
--- Additional Comments From hjl at lucon dot org 2006-03-16 22:08 --- Please provide a working elilo.so. -- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2464 --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.

[Bug ld/2442] ld slow with many local relocs (O(N^2) in get_dyn_sym_info)

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
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[Bug binutils/2462] -Wl,-s doesn't strip everything in 2.16.91.0.6

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
-- What|Removed |Added CC||hjl at lucon dot org http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2462 --- You are receiving this mail

[Bug binutils/2462] -Wl,-s doesn't strip everything in 2.16.91.0.6

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
--- Additional Comments From hjl at lucon dot org 2006-03-16 19:51 --- We need a testcase to look into it. An executable doesn't help here. -- What|Removed |Added

[Bug ld/2442] ld slow with many local relocs (O(N^2) in get_dyn_sym_info)

2006-03-16 Thread hjl at lucon dot org
--- Additional Comments From hjl at lucon dot org 2006-03-16 19:48 --- I need a testcase to look into it. You can contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if it helps. -- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2442 --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC

[Bug binutils/2467] New: "ar q" gives quadratic memory use

2006-03-16 Thread dcoutts at gentoo dot org
When building an arhive with lots of .o files (eg over 10,000) GNU ar takes a very long time and lots of memory. One might hope that the 'q' "quick append" option might operate in linear time and constant memory (since all it needs to do is to append to the archive without looking at the existing