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In message <buoadid1pxl.fsf@mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp> you write: > Miles Bader <miles@lsi.nec.co.jp> writes: > > When I try to build modules using 2.5.54, the resulting .ko files lack > > the .gnu.linkonce.* sections, which causes the kernel module loader to > > fail on them -- those sections _are_ present in the .o files, but the > > linker apparently removes them! > > Ok, I found out why this is happening -- the v850 default linker > scripts, for whatever reason, merge any section called `.gnu.linker.t*' > with .text. That's about as wierdass as it comes. > I can prevent this by adding the option `--unique=.gnu.linkonce.this_module' > to the linker flags (specifically, to LDFLAGS_MODULE in the top-level > Makefile). I suppose another way to do it would be to rename the > section something that doesn't match `.gnu.linker.t*'. Or you could add this flag in arch/v850/Makefile. > What's the right way to handle this? > > [from perusing the ld srcs, a few other archs seem to have the same > `feature,' though the only that I think has linux support is `cris'] I think: LDFLAGS_MODULE += -T arch/v850/module.lds And include a linker script there which works. Thanks for finding this... Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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