This is the mail archive of the
binutils@sourceware.org
mailing list for the binutils project.
Re: New tests orphan2 and unknown2 fail in cris-elf
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 04:43:52PM -0800, Wilson; Bob, Tensillca wrote:
> H. J. Lu wrote:
> >I reverted the change which caused the regression and re-enabled the
> >test.
>
> Well, now you say so.... Isn't the usual procedure to send a message to
> the list when you feel like you need to revert someone else's change?
>
I must have forgot. Sorry for that.
> >ld-elf/orphan2 passes on ia32, x86-64 and ia64. xtensa-elf has
> >
> >FAIL: ld-elf/group2
> >FAIL: ld-elf/orphan2
> >FAIL: ld-elf/64ksec-r
> >
> >You should investigate why they fail yourselves.
>
> Well, yes, that's exactly what I've been working on today. It hasn't been
> easy to figure out if the orphan2 failure is real or not. It you would be
You can compare against ia32 linker to see where xtensa linker does
wrong. xtensa linker should check section type when placing orphan.
H.J.