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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Howdy folks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span>I
have been trying to build the <span class=SpellE>tyan</span> s2895 board with <span
class=SpellE>gcc</span> 3.3 on <span class=SpellE>SuSE</span> 10.0<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It doesn’t build.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> 
</span>The loader tries to overlap some sections. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I got around this by<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>laying</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> out my own <span
class=SpellE>ldscript.lb</span> file (similarly to what Ron wants to do).<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>After this, both<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>the</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> fallback
and normal builds result in the following error:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>nm</span></font></span><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> -n
<span class=SpellE>linuxbios_ram</span> | sort > <span class=SpellE>linuxbios_ram.map</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=SpellE><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>objcopy</span></font></span></span><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
--gap-fill 0xff -O binary <span class=SpellE>linuxbios_ram</span> <span
class=SpellE>linuxbios_ram.bin</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>./</span></font></span><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>nrv2b
e <span class=SpellE>linuxbios_ram.bin</span> linuxbios_ram.nrv2b<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>input/output</span></font></span><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> =
164944/55295 = 2.983<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>cp</span></font></span><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
linuxbios_ram.nrv2b <span class=SpellE>linuxbios_ram.rom</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=SpellE><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>gcc</span></font></span></span><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
-m32 -<span class=SpellE>nostdlib</span> -<span class=SpellE>nostartfiles</span>
-static -o <span class=SpellE>linuxbios</span> -T <span class=SpellE>ldscript.ld</span>
crt0.o <span class=SpellE>init.o</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>nm</span></font></span><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> -n
<span class=SpellE>linuxbios</span> | sort > <span class=SpellE>linuxbios.map</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=SpellE><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>objcopy</span></font></span></span><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
--gap-fill 0xff -O binary <span class=SpellE>linuxbios</span> <span
class=SpellE>linuxbios.strip</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>./</span></font></span><span class=SpellE><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>buildrom</span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
<span class=SpellE>linuxbios.strip</span> <span class=SpellE>linuxbios.rom</span>
../../../../payloads/<span class=SpellE>forcedeth</span>--filo_hda2_vga.zelf
0x20000 0x40000<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>../../../../payloads/<span
class=SpellE>forcedeth</span>--filo_hda2_vga.zelf: No such file or directory<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span>What
does this mean?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Also, is there a <span
class=SpellE>writeup</span> on just what <span class=SpellE>buildrom</span>
does?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jeff Young<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>PS:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>       </span>Can
anyone actually build the S2895 without any errors today?<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>If so, exactly how do you<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span><span
class=GramE>do</span> it.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(Note
that I have tried several snapshots from 2007 -> 2163 without success.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

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