[PATCH][ARM] bootstrap/38523 arm build fails to link cc1-dummy / configure tweak for stage1

Daniel Jacobowitz drow@false.org
Sun Jan 11 17:44:00 GMT 2009


On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:44:03AM +0100, Laurent GUERBY wrote:
> > On behalf of people who patch the build system, I suggest an actual
> > description of the problem.

I meant, in the patch.

> > IIUC this problem is related to binary size, and does not affect
> > current binutils.  If so, shouldn't we treat it as a binutils bug?
> > Either autoconf for it, or require a current binutils.
> 
> When I asked (see the PR) there were no released binutils with
> this problem fixed. I'm using binutils that comes with current debian
> lenny: "2.18.1~cvs20080103-7".

It's fixed in 2.19:

* The ARM EABI linker will now generate stubs for function calls to symbols
  that are too far away.  The placement of the stubs is controlled by a new
  linker command line option: --stub-group-size=N.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery



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