RE: 2.6.3 compilation problem

The linker's error report is kind of misleading in this case, there is no discarded reference from serio_close/serio_init.

To workaround the problem, we can reserve "exit.text" into final vmlinux image, which will enlarge the image size a little bit. I've attached the patch.

Another way is to upgrade binutils package, newer linker will report warning instead of error for this case.

Thanks,
Pingping (Benjamin) Liu
Intel China Software Center


>-----Original Message-----
>From: linux-ia64-owner@vger.kernel.org 
>[mailto:linux-ia64-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Liu, Benjamin
>Sent: 2004年3月11日 16:33
>To: Sourav Sen; linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
>Subject: RE: 2.6.3 compilation problem
>
>
>To workaround the problem, you can append 
>__attribute__((weak)) to the declaration of those discarded 
>symbols defined in section ".exit.text".
>
>Another workaround is to keep section ".exit.text" by 
>modifying arch/ia64/vmlinux.lds.S. 
>
>The device driver author might be able to answer why it is 
>written that way.
>
>Thanks,
>Pingping (Benjamin) Liu
>Intel China Software Center
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: linux-ia64-owner@vger.kernel.org 
>>[mailto:linux-ia64-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Sourav Sen
>>Sent: 2004年3月11日 14:53
>>To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
>>Subject: 2.6.3 compilation problem
>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>While compiling Linux 2.6.3 + ia64 patch for it, using
>>the following:
>>
>>[sourav]$ gcc --version
>>gcc (GCC) 3.1
>>[sourav]$ as --version
>>GNU assembler 2.13.90 20030125
>>[sourav]$ ld --version
>>GNU ld version 2.12.90 20020604
>>
>>I get the following error while doing
>>make vmlinux
>>
>>------
>>[...]
>> IKCFG   kernel/config_data.h
>>  CC      kernel/configs.o
>>  LD      kernel/built-in.o
>>  GEN     .version
>>  CHK     include/linux/compile.h
>>dnsdomainname: Host name lookup failure
>>  UPD     include/linux/compile.h
>>  CC      init/version.o
>>  LD      init/built-in.o
>>  LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
>>drivers/built-in.o: In function `serio_close':
>>drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x130c02): undefined reference to 
>>`local symbols in
>>discarded section .exit.text'
>>drivers/built-in.o: In function `serio_init':
>>drivers/built-in.o(.init.text+0x10502): undefined reference to `local
>>symbols in discarded section .exit.text'
>>make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
>>[...]
>>--------
>>
>>Any idea what I am doing wrong?
>>
>>TIA
>>--Sourav
>>
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