PowerPC issues with binutils-2.28

[Sebastian Huber]

On 19/05/17 08:45, Chris Johns wrote:
> On 19/05/2017 15:14, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>> On 18/05/17 12:42, Chris Johns wrote:
>>> ../../../../../mcp750/lib/bootloader.o: In function `start':
>>> /opt/work/chris/rtems/kernel/rtems.git/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/motorola_powerpc/bootloader/../../../powerpc/shared/bootloader/head.S:140:(.text+0x8a): 
>>>
>>> dangerous relocation: generic linker can't handle R_PPC_SECTOFF_HA
>>> /opt/work/chris/rtems/kernel/rtems.git/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/motorola_powerpc/bootloader/../../../powerpc/shared/bootloader/head.S:141:(.text+0x8e): 
>>>
>>> dangerous relocation: generic linker can't handle R_PPC_SECTOFF_LO
>>> /opt/work/chris/rtems/kernel/rtems.git/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/motorola_powerpc/bootloader/../../../powerpc/shared/bootloader/head.S:157:(.text+0xb2): 
>>>
>>> dangerous relocation: generic linker can't handle R_PPC_SECTOFF_HA
>>> /opt/work/chris/rtems/kernel/rtems.git/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/motorola_powerpc/bootloader/../../../powerpc/shared/bootloader/head.S:159:(.text+0xba): 
>>>
>>> dangerous relocation: generic linker can't handle R_PPC_SECTOFF_LO
>>
>> I don't know what this code is supposed to do. I never used the GOT 
>> on PowerPC with RTEMS.
>>
>
> I do not know either and do not use the PowerPC.
>
> There has been some binutils changes in this area recently. I suppose 
> we can take the PowerPC out of the rtems-defaults.bset to upgrade. 
> There are merged SPARC patches we need in binutils-2.28.

Is this just a warning? If yes, then I would still upgrade. It was 
probably a dangerous relocation before.

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