Re: [linuxsh-dev] arch/sh/boot/compressed

[NIIBE Y. <gn...@ch...>]

Stuart Menefy wrote:
 > The support for the binary object file format appeared to be
 > broken, or at least changed in some incompatible way, and I've not
 > had a chance to chase this down.

OK, I've found that.  Following patch enables binutils works again
for building zImage, I believe.

--- bfd/elf32-sh.c	2000/05/15 23:10:59	1.11
+++ bfd/elf32-sh.c	2000/05/22 03:27:00
@@ -2334,7 +4342,8 @@
 {
   flagword old_flags, new_flags;
 
-  if (_bfd_generic_verify_endian_match (ibfd, obfd) == false)
+  if (ibfd->xvec->byteorder != BFD_ENDIAN_UNKNOWN
+      && _bfd_generic_verify_endian_match (ibfd, obfd) == false)
     return false;
 
   if (   bfd_get_flavour (ibfd) != bfd_target_elf_flavour