[meta-freescale] Build kernel error for B4860qds-64b machine

[ting.liu at freescale.com]

64bit kernel has build issue with binutils 2.24. please try to use the attached patch to go around this problem temporarly.

-Ting

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexandru Vaduva [mailto:Alexandru.Vaduva at enea.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 4:07 PM
> To: Liu Ting-B28495
> Cc: meta-freescale at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: RE: Build kernel error for B4860qds-64b machine
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I did the following:
>  - Cloned the poky and meta-fsl-ppc.
>  - Constructed the build directory accordingly.
> 	Taking into consideration that the build machine is set as b4860qds-64b
> and poky distro.
> 
>  - Added the following flag to the CC compiler:
>         		d.setVar('KERNEL_CC_append', ' -mcmodel=large')
> 	It solved a problem for the missing flags like:
> 		relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC64_ADDR16_HI
> 
>  - Also tried to change -mcpu flag to -mtune because it firstly complained
> about outdated flags:
> 		TUNE_CCARGS .= "${@bb.utils.contains("TUNE_FEATURES", "e6500", "
> -mtune=e6500", "", d)}"
> 	| gcc: warning: '-mcpu=' is deprecated; use '-mtune=' or '-march='
> instead
> 	|   CC      fs/char_dev.o
> 	| arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/sigtramp.S:1:0: error: bad value (e5500)
> for -mtune= switch  VDSO64A arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.o
> 
> 	The warning disappeared but the problem remained.
> 
> Thanks,
> Alex
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ting.liu at freescale.com [mailto:ting.liu at freescale.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 7:06 AM
> To: Alexandru Vaduva
> Cc: meta-freescale at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: RE: Build kernel error for B4860qds-64b machine
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: meta-freescale-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:meta-freescale-
> > bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Alexandru Vaduva
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 10:56 PM
> > To: meta-freescale at yoctoproject.org
> > Subject: [meta-freescale] Build kernel error for B4860qds-64b machine
> >
> > Hello guys,
> >
> > I am having the following error with the kernel build for the b4860 board:
> > 	error: bad value (e5500) for -mtune= switch I checked the flag -mtune
> > and it is set as: -mtune=e6500 correspondingly.
> > Also if I change the -mtune with something like march the error does
> > not change.
> >
> > Do some of you have any suggestions?
> 
> Your detailed build step?
> 
> >
> >
> > Alexandru Jan  Vaduva
> > Software Engineer
> >
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