Re: Kernel linking with new binutils

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <200909241150.18921.nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost>,
Nick Hudson  <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
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>Hi,
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>New binutils has 
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>./bfd/elf64-x86-64.c:#define ELF_MAXPAGESIZE                        0x200000
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>as described in
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>http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2006-05/msg00279.html
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>This causes problems for our kernel which tries to link at 0xffffffff80100000. 
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>Fixes are
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>       1) keep this start text address by adding -z max-page-size=0x100000; or
>       2) by allowing the new maxpage alignment with the attached diff. I
>          suppose that LARGEPAGES could die as a result?
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>Anyone got any strong preference?

No a weak for 2.

christos