In message 2A79E2756786D31182670000D11BFFBCC3405C@matrix2.thalescomputers.com you wrote:
I'm currently upgrading a custom PPCBoot 1.1.5 port to U-Boot 1.0.0 for a custom 405GP-based board. At the same time, I thought it would be a good idea to upgrade my development system to SuSE 9.0 and tool chain to ELDK 3.0.
When I build U-Boot I get the following error when zlib.c is being compiled:
This is a FAQ. Please see http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/RelocationCannotBeDoneWhenUsingMreloc...
After doing a couple of quick Google searches, it appears that there might be some sort of bug in GCC. Does anyone know what the solution to this
This is NOT a GCC bug, it is an incompatibility witholder versions which has been fixed in current versions of U-Boot.
problem is?
The problem is your version of U-boot: it's too old.
I can build without the -mrelocatable flag. The board boots up but when it's time to run from RAM it crashes, probably because the resulting code is not relocatable.
Indeed.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk