Re: Gcc 4.2.2 broken for kernel builds

[David Daney <>]

Ralf Baechle wrote:
> So it looks as if gcc 4.2.2 is broken for kernel builds resulting in the
> following error message with binutils 2.18:
It seems to be a GCC problem, not binutils related.

Have you successfully built with 4.2.0 or 4.2.1?

If it is a regression from a previous gcc-4.2.x version I would be 
inclined to fix it.  But if all gcc-4.2.x are broken, I might recommend 
skipping this version and using 4.3 when it is released.
David Daney

>   CC      drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o
> mipsel-linux-ld: drivers/mtd/.tmp_mtd_blkdevs.o: Can't find matching LO16 reloc 
> against `$LC6' for R_MIPS_HI16 at 0x9e0 in section `.text'
>   CC      drivers/mtd/chips/chipreg.o
>
> Older binutils throw a more cryptic error message about the bad assembler
> code generated by gcc:
>
>   CC      drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o
> mipsel-linux-ld: final link failed: Bad value
> make[2]: *** [drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [drivers/mtd] Error 2
> make: *** [drivers] Error 2
>
> Just as heads up ...
>
>   Ralf