Subject: Re: powerpc-linux-gnu-ld: cannot open linker script file arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.coff.lds: No such file or directory

From: Segher Boessenkool <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 08:48:29 -0600

Hi!

On Fri, Feb 09, 2018 at 12:52:03PM +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> Is anyone using O= output directory option ?

Yes, always.

> It seems that git/master is failing:
> 
> $ make O=ppc6xx ARCH=powerpc ppc6xx_defconfig
> $ make O=ppc6xx ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux-gnu- zImage

Works fine for me (exact same arch and defconfig).  Two differences:
1) I also set CROSS_COMPILE during the config step;
2) I don't build zImage, just the default (but manual "make zImage"
afterwards works fine).

>   WRAP    arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.coff
> powerpc-linux-gnu-ld: cannot open linker script file
> arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.coff.lds: No such file or directory
> ../arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile:375: recipe for target
> 'arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.coff' failed
> make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.coff] Error 1

Add V=1?

Segher