I've been porting to an sc520 based board and I've had several compiler and linker issues which I think I have solved. The problem now is that objcopy never finishes and uses all available memory. I have to kill the process otherwise it starts to try and use all virtual memory as well.

I did a system call trace, and from it you can see that it gets to a point where it is calling brk() and from this it never seems to end.

Has anyone else had this problem? Is it a problem caused by linker/compiler settings? Any clues would be appreciated!

root@gentoo u-boot-1.1.1 # make ... SNIP ... UNDEF_SYM=`objdump -x lib_generic/libgeneric.a board/sc520_dsb/libsc520_dsb.a cpu/i386/libi386.a lib_i386/libi386.a fs/cramfs/libcramfs.a fs/fat/libfat.a fs/fdos/libfdos.a fs/jffs2/libjffs2.a fs/reiserfs/libreiserfs.a net/libnet.a disk/libdisk.a rtc/librtc.a dtt/libdtt.a drivers/libdrivers.a drivers/sk98lin/libsk98lin.a post/libpost.a post/cpu/libcpu.a common/libcommon.a |sed -n -e 's/.*(__u_boot_cmd_.*)/-u\1/p'|sort|uniq`;\ ld -Bstatic -T /samba/development/40_Magellan_Standard_Software/MAL/boot/u-boot-1.1.1/board/sc520_dsb/u-boot.lds -Ttext 0x387c0000 $UNDEF_SYM cpu/i386/start.o cpu/i386/start16.o cpu/i386/reset.o \ --start-group lib_generic/libgeneric.a board/sc520_dsb/libsc520_dsb.a cpu/i386/libi386.a lib_i386/libi386.a fs/cramfs/libcramfs.a fs/fat/libfat.a fs/fdos/libfdos.a fs/jffs2/libjffs2.a fs/reiserfs/libreiserfs.a net/libnet.a disk/libdisk.artc/librtc.a dtt/libdtt.a drivers/libdrivers.a drivers/sk98lin/libsk98lin.a post/libpost.a post/cpu/libcpu.a common/libcommon.a --no-warn-mismatch -L /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4 -lgcc --end-group \ -Map u-boot.map -o u-boot objcopy --gap-fill=0xff -O srec u-boot u-boot.srec

... I press CTRL+C at this point to interrupt, otherwise all my memory gets used.

make: *** [u-boot.srec] Interrupt

root@gentoo u-boot-1.1.1 # objcopy --version GNU objcopy 2.14.90.0.8 20040114

root@gentoo u-boot-1.1.1 # ll u-boot -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 594727 Oct 6 12:04 u-boot

... I perform a system call trace here to see what is happening during objcopy

root@gentoo u-boot-1.1.1 # strace objcopy --gap-fill=0xff -O srec u-boot u-boot.srec execve("/usr/bin/objcopy", ["objcopy", "--gap-fill=0xff", "-O", "srec", "u-boot", "u-boot.srec"], [/* 52 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="gentoo", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x808b000 open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40014000 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=76539, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 76539, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40015000 close(3) = 0 open("/usr/lib/libbfd-2.14.90.0.8.so", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\200\370"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=618708, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 634196, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40028000 mmap2(0x400b8000, 28672, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x8f) = 0x400b8000 mmap2(0x400bf000, 15700, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x400bf000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0p\34\0\000"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=10964, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 8624, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x400c3000 mmap2(0x400c5000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x2) = 0x400c5000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\200Y\1"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1174424, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1104676, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x400c6000 mmap2(0x401ce000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x107) = 0x401ce000 mmap2(0x401d2000, 6948, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x401d2000 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40015000, 76539) = 0 open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\316\324\316\262", 4) = 4 close(3) = 0 brk(0) = 0x808b000 brk(0x80ac000) = 0x80ac000 brk(0) = 0x80ac000 brk(0) = 0x80ac000 stat64("u-boot", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0775, st_size=594727, ...}) = 0 stat64("u-boot", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0775, st_size=594727, ...}) = 0 open("u-boot", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0775, st_size=594727, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40015000 _llseek(3, 0, [0], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\2\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\0|84"..., 4096) = 4096 _llseek(3, 4096, [4096], SEEK_SET) = 0 _llseek(3, 4096, [4096], SEEK_SET) = 0 _llseek(3, 4096, [4096], SEEK_SET) = 0 _llseek(3, 4096, [4096], SEEK_SET) = 0 _llseek(3, 4096, [4096], SEEK_SET) = 0 _llseek(3, 4096, [4096], SEEK_SET) = 0 _llseek(3, 4096, [4096], SEEK_SET) = 0 _llseek(3, 4096, [4096], SEEK_SET) = 0 _llseek(3, 4096, [4096], SEEK_SET) = 0 _llseek(3, 4096, [4096], SEEK_SET) = 0 _llseek(3, 4096, [4096], SEEK_SET) = 0 _llseek(3, 4096, [4096], SEEK_SET) = 0 _llseek(3, 557056, [557056], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "entoo Linux 3.3.4-r1, ssp-3.3.2-"..., 4096) = 4096 _llseek(3, 561152, [561152], SEEK_SET) = 0 _llseek(3, 0, [0], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\2\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\0|84"..., 4096) = 4096 stat64("u-boot.srec", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0664, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 open("u-boot.srec", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 4 _llseek(3, 557056, [557056], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "entoo Linux 3.3.4-r1, ssp-3.3.2-"..., 4096) = 4096 read(3, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\361\377=\5\0\0 \360\376\377\0\0\0\0\0\0\361"..., 16384) = 16384 read(3, "\n\0\0\0\22\0\1\0\3;\0\0\324\214|8\372\0\0\0\22\0\1\0\v"..., 4096) = 4096 brk(0) = 0x80ac000 brk(0x80db000) = 0x80db000 read(3, "urge_tx_ring\0rx_next\0rx_ring\0tx_"..., 12288) = 12288 read(3, "\0__u_boot_cmd_cp\0strspn\0NetSendP"..., 4096) = 807 _llseek(3, 8192, [8192], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "\270\30\0\0\0\216\340\216\330\216\350\216\300\216\320\275"..., 81920) = 81920 read(3, "\311\351\t\371\377\377\215e\364[^_\311\303U\211\345WVS"..., 4096) = 4096 brk(0) = 0x80db000 brk(0x8103000) = 0x8103000 _llseek(3, 94208, [94208], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "Redirect to \0*** ERROR: `serveri"..., 16384) = 16384 read(3, "h() routine too large (%d) %p - "..., 4096) = 4096 _llseek(3, 114688, [114688], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "\0\0|8\0\0\2008\313\232}8\0\0@\0\223\f\0\0\224\f@\0\314"..., 4096) = 4096 _llseek(3, 4096, [4096], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096) = 4096 _llseek(3, 118784, [118784], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4096) = 4096 _llseek(3, 122880, [122880], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "\272\374\377f\270\313\360\r\200f\357\270\0\337\216\330"..., 4096) = 4096 _llseek(3, 126976, [126976], SEEK_SET) = 0 _llseek(3, 126976, [126976], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "\1\0\0\0\0\0\260\3\\3\0\0\1\0\0\0d\0\0\0\0\0|8\22\0\0"..., 8192) = 8192 read(3, "\275\1\0\0\0\0\0\0D\0`\1\301\1\0\0\0\0\0\0D\0a\1\304\1"..., 4096) = 4096 read(3, "!\0I\23/\v\0\0\t\17\0\v\vI\23\0\0\n\25\1\1\23'\f\0\0\v"..., 28672) = 28672 read(3, "8\n\0\0\16\26\0\3\10:\v;\vI\23\0\0\17\23\1\1\23\3\16\v"..., 4096) = 4096 mmap2(NULL, 286720, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x401d4000 read(3, "Tu\7\0\0\0214\10\0\0\f\n\v1\6\307*\0\0\v!F\4\0\0\2#\0\6"..., 278528) = 278528 read(3, "\207\2\0\0\3#\264\4\5\327O\0\0\2@\207\2\0\0\3#\200\5\005"..., 4096) = 4096 munmap(0x401d4000, 286720) = 0 read(3, "\34V\325)I,V2V\10\36r\253p\234\200\342\343\272\236\3\t"..., 45056) = 45056 read(3, "\270b7;\270\3\274\1c/\3\v\267\3uc\3\f9da\3u9\3\f9:\3\346"..., 4096) = 4096 _llseek(3, 503808, [503808], SEEK_SET) = 0 read(3, "A\16\10\205\2B\r\5 \0\0\0\270\f\0\0\341=|8\227\0\0\0A\16"..., 16384) = 16384 read(3, "\2B\r\5F\203\5\206\4\207\3].\10\0\0\34\0\0\0\264M\0\0\324"..., 4096) = 4096 read(3, "\0__u_boot_cmd_chpart\0\0\0\0\0\256\1\0\0\2\0\331"..., 4096) = 4096 read(3, "\0\0flash_info\0\0\0\0\0p\0\0\0\2\0#>\3\0\207\17\0\0\217"..., 4096) = 4096 read(3, "\0\0p\0\0\0\206\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\301\0\0\0\315\0\0"..., 4096) = 4096 read(3, "ArpWaitPacketMAC\0NetOurHostName\0"..., 16384) = 16384 read(3, "pos\0data_in\0rtime_decompress\0com"..., 4096) = 4096 read(3, "entoo Linux 3.3.4-r1, ssp-3.3.2-"..., 4096) = 4096 brk(0) = 0x8103000 brk(0x8125000) = 0x8125000 brk(0) = 0x8125000 brk(0x8147000) = 0x8147000 brk(0) = 0x8147000 ... never ends ...

regards,

Aras Vaichas