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Re: mips binutils after 2001-08-03 build incorrect kernel
- To: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Subject: Re: mips binutils after 2001-08-03 build incorrect kernel
- From: Richard Sandiford <r dot sandiford at redhat dot com>
- Date: 31 Aug 2001 15:45:17 +0100
- Cc: Guido Guenther <guido dot guenther at gmx dot net>,binutils at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <20010831002440.A573@galadriel.physik.uni-konstanz.de> <20010830153628.A15865@lucon.org>
"H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 12:24:40AM +0200, Guido Guenther wrote:
> > it seems mips binutils after 08-03 build an incorrect kernel(symptom:
> > Indy freezes just after tftping the kernel). It seems the following is
> > causing most of the problems:
> >
> > 2001-08-03 Richard Sandiford <rsandifo@redhat.com>
> >
> > * config/tc-mips.c (md_apply_fix): Don't subtract the symbol
> > value from GPREL addends.
> >
> > So when I revert this one like:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > Things get much better(boots straight to userspace).
It'd be really helpful if you could give an example of the kind of
difference this change makes. Could you do a binary diff on the
kernel's object files before and after reverting the patch and find out
which ones changed?
Richard