Re: ld is unable to link the Linux kernel for ARM

[Nicolas Pitre]

Yep, problem solved.

Thanks!


On Fri, 30 May 2003, Nick Clifton wrote:

> Hi Nicolas,
> 
> > Here you go.  The input files are attached.
> >
> > Just try:
> >
> >     arm-linux-ld -r -o out.o foo.o bar.o
> 
> Right.  foo.o is an empty archive and bar.o is an empty object file.
> Hence the linker cannot find a section onto which it can attach the
> interworking stubs.  Of course given that the input is empty  the
> linker is not going to have to create any stubs, so please try the
> patch below.
> 
> Cheers
>         Nick
> 
> 2003-05-30  Nick Clifton  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * emultempl/armelf.em (arm_elf_before_allocation): Replace ASSERT
>       with a test for a NULL bfd_for_interworking.
> 
> Index: ld/emultempl/armelf.em
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/emultempl/armelf.em,v
> retrieving revision 1.33
> diff -c -3 -p -r1.33 armelf.em
> *** ld/emultempl/armelf.em    28 Feb 2003 01:32:31 -0000      1.33
> --- ld/emultempl/armelf.em    30 May 2003 08:16:11 -0000
> *************** arm_elf_before_allocation ()
> *** 108,118 ****
>       tem->output_has_begun = FALSE;
>   
>         lang_for_each_statement (arm_elf_set_bfd_for_interworking);
> -       ASSERT (bfd_for_interwork != NULL);
>         for (tem = link_info.input_bfds; tem != NULL; tem = tem->link_next)
>       tem->output_has_begun = FALSE;
>   
> !       bfd_elf32_arm_get_bfd_for_interworking (bfd_for_interwork, 
> &link_info);
>       }
>     /* We should be able to set the size of the interworking stub section.  */
>   
> --- 108,122 ----
>       tem->output_has_begun = FALSE;
>   
>         lang_for_each_statement (arm_elf_set_bfd_for_interworking);
>         for (tem = link_info.input_bfds; tem != NULL; tem = tem->link_next)
>       tem->output_has_begun = FALSE;
>   
> !       /* If bfd_for_interwork is NULL, then there are no loadable sections
> !      with real contents to be linked, so we are not going to have to
> !      create any interworking stubs, so it is OK not to call
> !      bfd_elf32_arm_get_bfd_for_interworking.  */
> !       if (bfd_for_interwork != NULL)
> !     bfd_elf32_arm_get_bfd_for_interworking (bfd_for_interwork, &link_info);
>       }
>     /* We should be able to set the size of the interworking stub section.  */
>   
>         
> 
>