[Thus spake Markus W Kilbinger ("MWK: ") 8:36am...]

MWK: From: Markus W Kilbinger <kilbi@rad.rwth-aachen.de>
MWK: To: current-users@NetBSD.org, port-cobalt@NetBSD.org
MWK: Subject: binutils 2.15 on mipsel broken!?
MWK: Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 08:36:36 +0100
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MWK:
MWK: Hi!
MWK:
MWK: I've just cross compiled complete cobalt/mipsel kernel und userland
MWK: with the recently imported binutils 2.15 on a i386 machines which
MWK: succeeded flawlessly.
MWK:
MWK: But after untarring the *.tgz on the cobalt machine each dynamical
MWK: linked binary/program failed with a memory fault!? Statically linked
MWK: programs (like rescue stuff and the kernel) seem to run fine.

MK_DYNAMIC_ROOT="no" is your friend -- at least it will let you get up
and going without needing /rescue.

				--*greywolf;
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