Re: arch/alpha/Makefile, ld -N, bootp

Richard Henderson (rth@cygnus.com)
Sat, 5 Sep 1998 11:46:33 -0700


On Fri, Sep 04, 1998 at 11:32:09PM -0700, Richard Henderson wrote:
> "Not where they should be?" There are two options:
>
> (1) Your binutils are broken; >= 2.9 I believe to be good.
> (2) The bootp constructor is broken, in that it isn't
> reading the elf phdr properly.
>
> Number 1 may be disproven by booting the kernel in question directly.
> I'll see what I can see in the bootp code, which which I am not familiar.

The bootp code is fine. I can successfully build and boot
kernels with and without -N.

So I'm guessing you've got a RH5.0 system with binutils 2.8.0.1.
An upgrade with fix that.

r~

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