Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758701Ab0GPCFE (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:05:04 -0400 Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.10.76.45]:39464 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758673Ab0GPCFB (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:05:01 -0400 To: subrata@linux.vnet.ibm.com cc: Paul Mackerras , sachinp , linux-kernel , Kamalesh Babulal , Linuxppc-dev , Paul Mackerras , divya.vikas@in.ibm.com Subject: Re: [PPC64/Power7 - 2.6.35-rc5] Bad relocation warnings while Building a CONFIG_RELOCATABLE kernel with CONFIG_ISERIES enabled In-reply-to: <1279193743.10707.5.camel@subratamodak.linux.ibm.com> References: <1273060251.13463.8.camel@subratamodak.linux.ibm.com> <20100507054034.GB25173@drongo> <1279193743.10707.5.camel@subratamodak.linux.ibm.com> Comments: In-reply-to Subrata Modak message dated "Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:05:43 +0530." From: Michael Neuling Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:04:59 +1000 Message-ID: <4635.1279245899@neuling.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1743 Lines: 46 > commit e62cee42e66dcca83aae02748535f62e0f564a0c solved the problem for > 2.6.34-rc6. However some other bad relocation warnings generated against > 2.6.35-rc5 on Power7/ppc64 below: > > MODPOST 2004 modules^M > WARNING: 2 bad relocations^M > c000000000008590 R_PPC64_ADDR32 .text+0x4000000000008460^M > c000000000008594 R_PPC64_ADDR32 .text+0x4000000000008598^M I can't replicate this with your config with gcc 4.4.4 and binutils 2.20. What are you using? Mikey > > Config file attached. > > Regards-- > Subrata > > On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 15:40 +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote: > > On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 05:20:51PM +0530, Subrata Modak wrote: > > > > > I built 2.6.34-rc6 with the attached Fedora Config file > > > (config-2.6.33.1-19.fc13.ppc64) on my P5 Fedora Box and got the > > > following warning. Is the following expected ? > > > > > > CALL arch/powerpc/relocs_check.pl > > > Building modules, stage 2. > > > WARNING: 4 bad relocations > > > c00000000007216e R_PPC64_ADDR16_HIGHEST __ksymtab+0x00000000009dcec8 > > > c000000000072172 R_PPC64_ADDR16_HIGHER __ksymtab+0x00000000009dcec8 > > > c00000000007217a R_PPC64_ADDR16_HI __ksymtab+0x00000000009dcec8 > > > c00000000007217e R_PPC64_ADDR16_LO __ksymtab+0x00000000009dcec8 > > > > No, it's not expected. It's in iSeries code, so you could avoid it > > just by disabling CONFIG_ISERIES (I don't think any distro still > > supports legacy iSeries). I'll post a patch to fix the problem > > properly. > > > > Paul. -- 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/