Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Aug 2006 08:26:37 +0200 (MEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.18-rc4 warning on arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.o |
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>> Compiling 2.6.18-rc4 on x86_64 gets this warning. >> >> gcc -Wp,-MD,arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/.head.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.0/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -Iinclude2 -I$KBUILD_OUTPUT/linux/include -include include/linux/autoconf.h -D__ASSEMBLY__ -m64 -traditional -m32 -c -o arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.o $KBUILD_OUTPUT/linux/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.S >> ld -m elf_i386 -Ttext 0x100000 -e startup_32 -m elf_i386 arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.o arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.o arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/piggy.o -o arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/vmlinux >> ld: warning: i386:x86-64 architecture of input file `arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.o' is incompatible with i386 output > >It always gave that since some binutils update long ago. >If you know how to fix it please submit a patch, but as far as I know it's harmless.
Why is -m elf_i386 passed to ld? I suppose because this is necessary because AMD64 starts in i386 16-bit real mode? Might try -m elf32-little or -m elf64-little.
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