[Bug 696792] New: Broken binutils doesn't compile a new kernel version
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696792 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696792#c0 Summary: Broken binutils doesn't compile a new kernel version Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.4 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.4 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: greywolf82@hotmail.it QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1 Binutils provided by opensuse 11.4 are affected by a serious bug that it doesn't allow to compile a kernel. The problem is in vmlinux.lsd.S in the assignment jiffies = jiffies_64. This operations is done outside an ELF section and, for an error in binutils, this produces a kernel with jiffies at address zero. Binutils version affected until 2.21.51.0.3, so please upgrade!! Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Compile a recent kernel Actual Results: New kernel doesn't boot. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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