Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.4

[Michael Ellerman]

On Mon, 2016-01-11 at 12:38 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi GÃnter,
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 09:29:52AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
> > > <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > JFYI, when comparing v4.4[1] to v4.4-rc8[3], the summaries are:
> > > >   - build errors: +13/-13
> > > > [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/9774/ (all 259 configs)
> > > 
> > >   + /tmp/ccnzCwY6.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
> > > `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
> > >   + /tmp/ccyAN6Ix.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} -
> > > `L0^A' {.text section}:  => 43
> > > 
> > > Various MIPS, the saga continues...
> > 
> > Hi Geert,
> > 
> > do you know which version of binutils is used by kisskb ?
> > If it is 2.23.90 or similar (ie below 2.24 and third level version
> > has more than one digit), there is a patch pending to fix it.
> 
> No, I don't know.

It dumps the GCC version, but not binutils. I should add that one day.

The mips toolchain is pretty old, so it's using binutils 2.22. Are you saying I
need to update it?

cheers