AW: AW: AW: AW: AW: AW: AW: segfaults with ver 1.10.0 on sh3 based board

[EXTERNAL Tetz Torsten (Praktikant; ST-FIR/ENG1)]

Hello Denys,

>> Version of ld is: "GNU ld version 2.16.1"
> 
> This can be a problem. Either upgrade your ld to newest version,
> or go to scripts/trylink and replace GC_SECTION=... here:
> 
> # Static linking against glibc produces buggy executables
> # (glibc does not cope well with ld --gc-sections).
> # See sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3400
> # Note that glibc is unsuitable for static linking anyway.
> # We are removing -Wl,--gc-sections from link command line.
> GC_SECTION=`(
> . ./.config
> if test x"$CONFIG_STATIC" = x"y"; then
>     check_libc_is_glibc "" "-Wl,--gc-sections"
> else
>     echo "-Wl,--gc-sections"
> fi
> )`
> 
> 
> by just
> 
> GC_SECTION=""
> 
> Note: not using --gc-sections will make bbox ~6 kb bigger.

I tried to build version 1.10.0 with a replaced GC_SECTION=... 
and got a working binary.

The size of my binary with some buildin applets increased 
by 11,9 kb from 294,8kb to 306,7kb. Right now that would be
no problem with my board but I still want to test the official
code with a newer LD.

I will need some time now to prepare and test a new cross compiler
toolchain for my board with a newer LD version.

Thanks for your help.
I will post again when I know how bbox builds with a newer LD version.

Regards,
Torsten