| Message ID | 23a478891368b4f2ac37e747f55075c6c563efc3.1435886550.git.sam.bobroff@au1.ibm.com |
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| State | Accepted |
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Dear Sam Bobroff, On Fri, 3 Jul 2015 11:22:34 +1000, Sam Bobroff wrote: > Binutils 2.24 produces broken code when compiling the kernel for > ppc64le, so prevent this combination. See: > > https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2013-12/msg00200.html > > The problem manifests early in the boot process with "Kernel access of > bad area, sig: 11" in arch_match_cpu_phys_id(). > > Signed-off-by: Sam Bobroff <sam.bobroff@au1.ibm.com> > --- Applied, thanks. I've only added a small indication in the commit log: the upstream binutils fix, and clearly said it was available since binutils 2.25. Thanks! Thomas
diff --git a/package/binutils/Config.in.host b/package/binutils/Config.in.host index 926b3d2..3fe65e0 100644 --- a/package/binutils/Config.in.host +++ b/package/binutils/Config.in.host @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ choice bool "binutils 2.23.2" config BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_24 - depends on !BR2_nios2 # supported, but broken on Nios-II + # supported, but broken on Nios-II and powerpc64le + depends on !BR2_nios2 && !BR2_powerpc64le bool "binutils 2.24" config BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_25
Binutils 2.24 produces broken code when compiling the kernel for ppc64le, so prevent this combination. See: https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2013-12/msg00200.html The problem manifests early in the boot process with "Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11" in arch_match_cpu_phys_id(). Signed-off-by: Sam Bobroff <sam.bobroff@au1.ibm.com> --- package/binutils/Config.in.host | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)