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On 12/27/10 23:06, Michael J. Barillier wrote: |
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> I'm trying to compile a hardened kernel (linux-2.6.36-hardened-r6) and |
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> the build is generating thousands (literally) of section mismatch |
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> warnings. I've copied my old .config (2.6.31, non-hardened) to the root |
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> of the source tree and did a `make oldconfig' followed by `make |
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> CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y'. WTF's up with this? |
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> FWIW, I'm working on rebuilding my box and the make is within a |
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> chroot'ed environment - working through the system build process to a |
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> temporary directory tree with the intent of booting from a CD and |
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> replacing the existing filesystem with the new version. |
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> FWIW#2: Google'd `linux section mismatch' and didn't get any hits that |
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> would point to a reason for the mismatches or a solution for resolving |
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> them. |
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Just ignore them. They might indicate kernel bugs (like compiler |
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warnings), but even if they did, there's nothing you could do about them. |
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Setting CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y just gives you more info that |
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you don't need. |
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