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Re: ld segfault while compiling Linux/alpha 2.6 with CVS trunk

On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 01:19:46PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> Is the bug likely to be:
>   - the creation of the .got section in the object?

This one is likely to have caused ...

>   - the linker crash?

... this one.

>   - both?

Of course the linker crash is a bug.

The .got section creation thing is something that the module creation
code on alpha-linux does (severe hackery due to not using ld to link).
I was not aware that it was legal to try to link module code directly
into the main kernel, however...


r~
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