Re: [PATCH] --build-id= none in newer ld versions PowerPC

[Manoel Rebelo Abranches]

There are any objections for this patch? Without this grub wont work in
PowerPC when using newer ld version.
thanks

On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 12:08 -0200, Manoel Rebelo Abranches wrote:
> Hi made a patch to add --build-id=none to TARGET_LDFLAGS instead of
> MODULE_LDFLAGS. with this it is passed to ld when linking kernel.elf.
> 
> without this kernel.elf creates a additional LOAD segment with a virtual
> address in PhysAddr witch causes problem with OF and causes
> grub-mkelfimage to not work correctly.
> 
> On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 13:34 -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 19:14 +0200, Vesa Jääskeläinen wrote:
> > 
> > > No no. I mean just KERNEL_LDFLAGS like comparison to MODULE_LDFLAGS. No
> > > elf or nothing like that. Is there any problem if one provides this
> > > setting even on x86 if linker recognizes it? (what is being tested
> > > here). PPC_BUILD_ID_FLAG just sounds too specific.
> > > 
> > > Isn't EFI also using ELF? I assume this would be beneficial also there.
> > 
> > I agree, we should not be be multiplying hacks.  There is already code
> > adding -Wl,--build-id=none to TARGET_LDFLAGS.  It's a macro
> > grub_PROG_LD_BUILD_ID_NONE in aclocal.m4.  What's wrong with it?  Does
> > it fail to add -Wl,--build-id=none on PowerPC or is TARGET_LDFLAGS not
> > used to link kernel.elf?
> > 
> > What are the symptoms caused by not using -Wl,--build-id=none?
> > 
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Best Regards,

Manoel Abranches <address@hidden>
IBM Linux Technology Center Brazil