On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 09:46:45AM +0530, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > o i386 kernel reboots instantly if compiled with binutils older than > 2.6.15.
Should that have been "2.15"? And is the following perhaps the same issue? Subject : kernel immediately reboots instead of booting References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/2/15 Submitter : Steve Youngs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Status : unknown @Steve: You had binutils 2.14.90.0.6 . Does this patch fix it for you? > o Older binutils required explicit flags to mark a section allocatable > and executable(AX). Newer binutils automatically mark a section AX if > the name starts with .text. > > o While defining a new section using assembler "section" directive, > explicitly mention section flags. > > Signed-off-by: Segher Boessenkool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > > arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff -puN arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S~jean-reboot-issue-fix > arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S > --- > linux-2.6.20-rc2-reloc/arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S~jean-reboot-issue-fix > 2007-01-02 09:54:56.000000000 +0530 > +++ linux-2.6.20-rc2-reloc-root/arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S > 2007-01-02 09:57:46.000000000 +0530 > @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ > #include <asm/page.h> > #include <asm/boot.h> > > -.section ".text.head" > +.section ".text.head","ax",@progbits > .globl startup_32 > > startup_32: > _ cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
