Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932368AbXBENYQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:24:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932374AbXBENYQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:24:16 -0500 Received: from mcr-smtp-001.bulldogdsl.com ([212.158.248.7]:3447 "EHLO mcr-smtp-001.bulldogdsl.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932368AbXBENYP (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:24:15 -0500 X-Spam-Abuse: Please report all spam/abuse matters to abuse@bulldogdsl.com From: Alistair John Strachan To: Al Boldi Subject: Re: 2.6.20 doesn't compile with gcc-3.2.2 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <200702051531.20326.a1426z@gawab.com> In-Reply-To: <200702051531.20326.a1426z@gawab.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline X-Length: 1934 Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 13:24:11 +0000 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200702051324.11866.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1487 Lines: 43 On Monday 05 February 2007 12:31, you wrote: > Doing the following results in an incomplete vmlinuz: > > # make mrproper > # make allnoconfig > # make bzlilo > > objcopy: arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin: File truncated > make[2]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin] Error 1 > make[1]: *** [arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2 > make: *** [bzlilo] Error 2 > > # gcc -v > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.2.2/specs > Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib > --with-slibdir=/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info > --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking > --enable-long-long --enable-__cxa_atexit > --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,f77,objc,java > --host=i586-mandrake-linux-gnu --with-system-zlib > Thread model: posix > gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk) > > > Is gcc-4.0.1 now the minimum required to compile the kernel? A patch went in to remove support for GCC 3.1, but as far as I know, 3.2 should be a supported compiler. At any rate, this might be a binutils issue. What version of binutils are you using? -- Cheers, Alistair. Final year Computer Science undergraduate. 1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK. - 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/