Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:23:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:23:40 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:24250 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:23:28 -0500 Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 19:20:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20020317.192001.103236436.davem@redhat.com> To: torvalds@transmeta.com Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, viro@math.psu.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.5.7-pre2 -- kernel.o(.data+0x300): undefined reference From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To:

X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:15:33 -0800 (PST) On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Alan Cox wrote: > This is what Linus threw out before - when David wanted to use it > to remove all the intermodule crap. > > It doesn't work with some architecture binutils How true is that these days, though? It is still true, you will break the sparc64 link if you put that stuff in again. It isn't COFF or a.out, it is elf but there are bugs in the tools. And these are the only tools I happen to trust for getting reliable kernels built. - 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/