RTEMS web server linking error !

[Joel Sherrill]

Nick.SIMON at syntegra.bt.co.uk wrote:
> 
> This problem still occurs with the http demo for beta3 - was there ever a
> consensus on whether --noinhibit-exec was the right approach to this?

You should try the basic steps by hand and see why the option is
necessary.
As I recall, the option is because you have no architecture information.

But a slightly modified procedure that gives more control
over what error to ignore is something like:

+ make a tarfile (or any random binary file)
+ use objcopy to convert it to a native .o file
  (I think you get the warning here)
+ link using that file.

The nice thing about this trick is that you can use it to put
anything in an application (FPGA image, etc.).

--joel

> -- Nick Simon
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ralf Corsepius [mailto:corsepiu at faw.uni-ulm.de]
> > Sent: 30 March 2000 16:19
> > To: Emmanuel Raguet
> > Cc: rtems-users at usa.oarcorp.com
> > Subject: Re: RTEMS web server linking error !
> >
> >
> > Emmanuel Raguet wrote:
> >
> > > Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > /opt/rtems/powerpc-rtems/bin/ld.exe -r -o o-optimize/temp.o
> > > > > o-optimize/init.o -b binary o-optimize/tarfile
> > > >
> > > > => You are trying to link a tarfile. This will never work.
> > >
> > > Yes, it will work.
> > > I had the same problem but I have added the
> > > "--noinhibit-exec"
> > > option in the ld command and now it works fine.
> > >
> >
> > Hmm, from ld.info:
> >
> > --noinhibit-exec'
> >      Retain the executable output file whenever it is still usable.
> >      Normally, the linker will not produce an output file if it
> >      encounters errors during the link process; it exits without
> >      writing an output file when it issues any error whatsoever.
> >
> > Does this give any sense?
> >
> > May be I am missing something, but I am inclined to read this as
> > "suppress linking errors and ignore them".
> >
> > Ralf
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> >
> >

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