Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266050AbUAFAmh (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:42:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266049AbUAFAm1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:42:27 -0500 Received: from p508297A4.dip.t-dialin.net ([80.130.151.164]:18950 "EHLO Marvin.DL8BCU.ampr.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266050AbUAFAlT (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:41:19 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 00:44:35 +0000 From: Thorsten Kranzkowski To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Relocation overflow with modules on Alpha Message-ID: <20040106004435.A3228@Marvin.DL8BCU.ampr.org> Reply-To: dl8bcu@dl8bcu.de Mail-Followup-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from mru@kth.se on Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 02:21:37AM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1298 Lines: 31 On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 02:21:37AM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: > > I compiled Linux 2.6.0 for Alpha, and it mostly works, except the > somewhat large modules. They fail to load with the message > "Relocation overflow vs section 17", or some other section number. > I've seen this with scsi-mod, nfsd, snd-page-alloc and possibly some > more. Compiling them statically works. What's going on? I saw a similar thing, but I'm compiling everything statically: : relocation truncated to fit: BRADDR .init.text init/built-in.o(.text+0xf10): In function `inflate_codes': Disabling a not so important subsystem (sound) helped for the time being. It seems my kernel crossed the 4 MB barrier in consumed RAM and possibly some relocation type(s) can't cope with that. Time to use -fpic or some such? Thorsten -- | Thorsten Kranzkowski Internet: dl8bcu@dl8bcu.de | | Mobile: ++49 170 1876134 Snail: Kiebitzstr. 14, 49324 Melle, Germany | | Ampr: dl8bcu@db0lj.#rpl.deu.eu, dl8bcu@marvin.dl8bcu.ampr.org [44.130.8.19] | - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/