Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:51:07 +0200 | From | Markus Trippelsdorf <> | Subject | Re: Trying to make a working kernel with the gold linker |
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On 2012.04.10 at 22:23 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > So I was trying to see if I could make the kernel build with the gold > linker (since until it can, I can't install it on my system). > > I saw a message from HJ indicating one of the problems was x86_64 gold > used an incompatible max-page-size setting, so I tried changing it in > hopes that would make a bootable kernel. > > No dice, it didn't work. (At least not with a 2.20 binutils-gold.) > > Does anybody know what the other issues with the gold linker? Is the > 2.22 binutils-gold more likely to work?
Yes. I use it regularly. The last problems were fixed two years ago. Please try a more recent version.
-- Markus
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