Re: Problems linking PSIM programs

[Joel Sherrill <joel dot sherrill at oarcorp dot com>]

H. J. Lu wrote:
> 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.
>   

psim is one of the platforms we regularly test RTEMS on.  But we use
much more recent tools than that.  gcc 2.95.3 is quote old also.

gcc 4.1.1 + binutils 2.17 works great.

--joel sherrill
> H.J.
>