[Bug ld/1472] New: Sparc a.out using binutils -

[giffordj at linkline dot com]

We are currently attempting to remove the use of elftoaout from our builds for 
Silo and the vmlinux.aout kernel.

Our first attempt was utilizing objcopy, but we received these errors.
BFD: arch/sparc64/boot/vmlinux.aout: can not represent section `.rodata' in 
a.out object file format
objcopy: arch/sparc64/boot/vmlinux.aout: Nonrepresentable section on output
objcopy: arch/sparc64/boot/vmlinux.aout: File truncated

When we researched, we found out that .rodata in elftoaout is moved into .text.
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-bugs/2001/04/04/0006.html

We know a solution is probably utilizing a ld.script, but need guidance in 
correcting this issue. PowerPC also uses openfirmware, we are looking into 
that as a starting point.

Also related to this is silo build, which even using elftoaout fails, we have 
most of the fixes utilizing objcopy, but a few of the files have the .rodata 
issue as well.

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           Summary: Sparc a.out using binutils -
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.16
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ld
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: giffordj at linkline dot com
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1472

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