Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Relocation overflow with modules on Alpha | From | (Måns Rullgård) | Date | Tue, 06 Jan 2004 01:59:30 +0100 |
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Thorsten Kranzkowski <dl8bcu@dl8bcu.de> writes:
> On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 02:21:37AM +0100, Måns Rullgård wrote: >> >> I compiled Linux 2.6.0 for Alpha, and it mostly works, except the >> somewhat large modules. They fail to load with the message >> "Relocation overflow vs section 17", or some other section number. >> I've seen this with scsi-mod, nfsd, snd-page-alloc and possibly some >> more. Compiling them statically works. What's going on? > > I saw a similar thing, but I'm compiling everything statically:
I want the modules.
> : relocation truncated to fit: BRADDR .init.text > init/built-in.o(.text+0xf10): In function `inflate_codes': > > Disabling a not so important subsystem (sound) helped for the time being. > > It seems my kernel crossed the 4 MB barrier in consumed RAM and possibly > some relocation type(s) can't cope with that. Time to use -fpic or > some such?
I didn't think of that. Where's the proper place to set such things?
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