[Bug ld/10429] New: binutils trunk fails to build bootable kernel image for some configurations

[doko at debian dot org]

seen with 20090714 and later

this was reported as http://bugs.debian.org/537389, I currently don't have much
more information, besides that one of the Debian kernel maintainers did identify

2009-07-11  Alan Modra  <address@hidden>

        * ldlang.c (insert_os_after): Don't tie assignments to non-alloc
        output sections.

this patch as the one causing the wrongly built kernel. However I don't see this
checkin mentioned on the ML. Bastian Blank did check that the problem goes away
with a binutils build from trunk and this patch reverted. Some more analysis in
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/21/400 

config for the failing kernel:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=35;filename=config;att=1;bug=537389

The trigger is HIBERNATION unset.

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           Summary: binutils trunk fails to build bootable kernel image for
                    some configurations
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.20 (HEAD)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ld
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: doko at debian dot org
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10429

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