Re: relocation truncated to fit

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 11:51:43AM +0300, Jerry wrote:

> drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o: In function `sound_insert_unit':
> sound_core.c:(.text+0x1ac): undefined reference to `strcpy'
> sound_core.c:(.text+0x1ac): relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_26 against 
> `strcpy'
> make[1]: *** [vmlinux] Ошибка 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/work/video/kernel'
> make: *** [vmlinux] Ошибка 2
> 
> It's not a "sound drivers" problem, howewer without it kernel compiles
> and run succesfully. Seems like gcc/bunitils bug/feature. What have to
> be done to eliminate this error?
> 
> GNU ld version 2.15.96 20050308
> gcc version 3.4.3

Don't use gcc 3.4 to compile Linux 2.4.  It may work for some kernel
configurations but it will fail for others.

  Ralf