--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-11-05 10:53
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sorry for getting back to you after such a long time.
i have been reassigned to another job and am not working
on the ARM assignment now, maybe later.
that's why, i will not be able to follow up on GC
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-08-25 13:19
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hello Nick:
i do not know how to use patches and need to learn how first. also, after
applying your patch, a build of binutils is needed which really takes days for
me as we have frequent power cuts.
besides
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-30 11:43
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since Michael Fischer of Yagarto was persistent, we have found another bug
in the generated Interworking code when GC is enabled and -Ttext is
positioned before -Tdata on the LD command line.
the problem is
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-30 11:40
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with Michael Fischer's persistence and after checking again using
binutils-2.18.50, i came to the conclusion that the problem described in this
bug is not yet fixed. a note has been sent to Nick Clifton
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-23 15:20
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just to clarify, the problem is fixed in binutils-2.18.50 that
was downloaded from ftp://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots.
today morning's snapshot was used.
thank you, Cygnus, R
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-23 15:16
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Nick:
first of all, the problem is not fixed in binutils-2.18, the latest
stable release.
as suggested by you, i attempted to get the latest sources from CVS.
i am not sure that the CVS checkout completed
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-23 15:13
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i was able to download and build binutils-2.18.50 that was released today.
after building it, i verified that the bug described in this report has
been fixed. also, i confirmed that problem in bug6727 has also
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-23 09:28
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hello Nick:
i just tested using latest GNUARM distribution from GNUARM.org.
no, the problem has not been fixed in binutils 2.18.
this is the distribution i used for testing:
binutils-2.18, gcc-4.2.2-c-c
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-23 09:17
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i just checked with the latest GNUARM distribution from GNUARM.org.
as you stated, the problem has been solved in the latest binutils.
this is the latest GNUARM package that i used for confirming the fix
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-17 10:12
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Nick:
pls see bug6726 for a few queries.
Aaron
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--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-17 10:10
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hello Nick again:
> I should also point out that you should not be invoking the linker directly.
> Please use gcc to run the linker as this will ensure that the correct command
> line options
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-17 10:04
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good day Nick:
> if you try the latest binutils sources (from the mainline of the CVS
> repository) you will find that the bug goes away.
how do i build binutils from source for ARM?
i followed instru
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-15 03:13
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hello Nick:
i was a bit busy with official work, so i could not
get back to you. i will try the latest binutils and
let you know what i find.
Aaron
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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6727
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-08 06:54
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i found a way to prevent the error from occuring.
all you have to do is to insert a global symbol
in the first section that is resolved by another
file that is also linked in at the same time.
voila! the
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-08 06:52
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Created an attachment (id=2819)
--> (http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=2819&action=view)
Makefile, 2 assembly files, C file to prevent the error
Makefile, 2 assembly files, C file to
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-08 08:24
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Created an attachment (id=2821)
--> (http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=2821&action=view)
Makefile, 2 assembly files, C file to prevent the error
when:
- --gc-sections is enabled
- .d
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-08 08:19
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Created an attachment (id=2820)
--> (http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=2820&action=view)
Makefile, 2 assembly files, C file to reproduce the error
when:
- --gc-sections is enabled
- .d
tatus: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: ld
AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
ReportedBy: adsouzp at netscape dot net
CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org
GCC host triplet: CYGWIN_NT-5.1 jenny 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 200
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-08 07:13
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i found out how to eliminate the problem:
- when you enable --gc-sections and Thumb interworking,
all you need to do is to define the entry point.
either define _start or the symbol defined using
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-08 08:07
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i narrowed down the exact situation when Thumb interworking code is zero.
- when you position any section, say .data, before you position .text
using --section-start or -Tdata for other sections and -Ttext
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-08 05:23
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(From update of attachment 2817)
leave this attachment to
enable download.
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--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-08 05:21
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Created an attachment (id=2818)
--> (http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=2818&action=view)
contains the Makefile, Assembly file and C file to reproduce the problem
contains the M
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-08 05:20
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(From update of attachment 2817)
will attach the code again
as text to enable viewing.
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--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-08 05:18
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here are the output and error messages:
veneer2> make
arm-elf-as -mno-fpu -march=armv4t -mcpu=arm7tdmi -mthumb-interwork
--- Additional Comments From adsouzp at netscape dot net 2008-07-08 05:16
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Created an attachment (id=2817)
--> (http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=2817&action=view)
contains the Makefile, Assembly file and C file to reproduce the problem
Makefile, ARM assembly,
: ld
AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
ReportedBy: adsouzp at netscape dot net
CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org
GCC host triplet: CYGWIN_NT-5.1 jenny 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34
i686 Cygw
GCC target triplet: ARM ELF
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