Subject: Re: linux-next: powerpc build failure

From: Ingo Molnar <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:59:51 +0200

* Stephen Rothwell <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Today's linux-next build (powerpc allyesconfig) failed like this:
> 
> vmlinux.o: In function `ipx_ioctl':
> /scratch/sfr/next/net/ipx/af_ipx.c:1830: relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC64_REL24 against symbol `._mcount' defined in .text section in vmlinux.o
> 
> (and lots more similar)
> 
> I am assuming that this has something to do with how big vmlinux is 
> for allyesconfig and the addition of -pg to KBUILD_CFLAGS for ftrace.

could this be a tool chain limitation perhaps, or a gcc bug? Or does the 
allyesconfig size go beyond some fundamental hardware limitation. (i 
doubt it's the latter)

	Ingo