Re: mipsel-linux-ld:arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds:6: parse error

[Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>]

Mudeem Iqbal wrote:
> hi,
> 
> I have built a toolchain using the following combination
> 
> binutils-2.15.94.0.2
> gcc-3.4.3
> glibc-2.3.3
> linux-2.6.9   (from linux-mips.org)
> 
> I am cross compiling linux kernel for mips. I think the toolchain has been
> successfully built. But when cross compiling the kernel I get the following
> error
> 
> LD    init/built-in.o
> LD .tmp_vmlinux1
> mipsel-linux-ld:arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds:6: parse error
> make: ***[.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
> 
> The vmlinux.lds is as follows
> 
> 1) OUPUT_ARH(mips)
> 2) Entry(kernel_entry)
> 3) jiffies = jiffies_64;
> 4) SECTION
> 5) {
> 6)    . = ;
> 7)    /* rea-only */
> 8)    _text = .; /* Text and read only data *
>       ..................................
> }

This linker script is completely garbled and unusable.

> The line indicated by the error is . = ; Any ideas

This line has to read

        . = .;

Regenerate the script from the vmlinux.lds.S file (by removing
it and running make).


Thiemo