Re: Problems linking PSIM programs

["H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>]

On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 11:44:24AM -0700, Wealand, Barry wrote:
> 
> Hello -
> 
> I'm trying to use gcc 2.95.3 with binutils 2.14 and newlib 1.9.0 to
> build a simple hello.c for use with the PowerPC simulator.  Compiler,
> binutils, and newlib were all configured with --target=powerpc-eabi for
> a sparc-sun-solaris2.8 host.  I attempt to compile hello.c with:
> 
> powerpc-eabi-gcc -msim -o hello hello.c
> 
> The response is:
> 
> /u00/users/bwealand/GCC/tools/v2.95.3/H-sparc-sun-solaris2.8/powerpc-eab
> i/bin/ld: hello: Not enough room for program headers (allocated 2, need
> 3)
> /u00/users/bwealand/GCC/tools/v2.95.3/H-sparc-sun-solaris2.8/powerpc-eab
> i/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
> 
> In the bug-binutils archive, I notice that this problem has appeared in
> a number of different situations.  One recommended solution has been to
> use later versions of binutils.  I have tried 3 separate versions:
> 2.11.2, 2.12, and 2.14.  All produce the same result.
> 

You tried 3 very OLD binutils. The current one is 2.17.


H.J.