Subject: Re: sparc ELF kernels with a miniroot are broken.
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/23/1999 19:19:37
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:54:33 +1000 
 matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au> wrote:

 > seems that the sparc ELF INSTALL kernel doesn't work.  something in the
 > linker leaves it broken.  strip says:
 > 
 > BFD: st00441a: warning: allocated section `.bss' not in segment
 > 
 > and it won't run either.  it crashes loading the symbol table.  i guess
 > something in the ELF header is borked.  taking out the MINROOT, etc.
 > options removes the problem.

This a problem on the PowerPC port, too.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>