Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: avr32 build failures in linux-next | From | Guenter Roeck <> | Date | Sat, 6 Feb 2016 07:50:41 -0800 |
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On 02/06/2016 03:57 AM, Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt wrote: > Around Fri 05 Feb 2016 22:02:12 +0530 or thereabout, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: >> On Friday 05 February 2016 09:32 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am getting persistent build failures with av32 in linux-next. >> >> me too. > > linux-next is Torvalds master branch? >
No. We are talking about git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
>>> Example for avr32:defconfig: >>> >>> fs/built-in.o: In function `anon_inode_getfile': >>> (.text+0x2ae90): relocation truncated to fit: R_AVR32_21S against >>> `.text'+296c0 >>> >>> All builds but avr32:allnoconfig fail with such truncated relocations. > > Weirdly I do not get this when I build torvalds/master with allnoconfig. > > The avr32 kernel was never very fond of CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=n, it > was always built with CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y for actual usage. > >>> Toolchain used is the old gcc 4.2.4 toolchain from kernel.org. I have been >>> unable to find or build newer versions of gcc for avr32. >>> >>> Does anyone know if a more recent toolchain for avr32 is available ? >> >> https://sourceware.org/ml/crossgcc/2015-10/msg00050.html >> says avr32 has been depreciated. > > Last release of avr32-linux GCC was the 4.2.4 patches in Buildroot for AVR32. > > Atmel never upstreamed the AVR32 patches for GCC. > >>> Another question is if the avr32 kernel still supported, or if I should >>> just stop trying to build test it. Any thoughts ? >> >> I have already stopped building it. > > I build the kernel and try to fix small issues here and there. > > If it is too unstable for you in the test bench, feel free to remove it. >
I'll keep building it for now, until it fails to build in mainline.
Guenter
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