memtest86+ cannot be loaded any more since i switched to a new motherboard (MSI 890GXM-G65). Grub refuses to load the zImage with an error message complaining about "cannot fit into memory". This came as a surprise for a 150k+ application on a machine with 4 GB RAM. ;-) This seems to be a well known problem if the BIOS requires too much memory below 640k. As an alternative, using --type=netbsd and memtest.netbsd is recommended, but grub refuses to load the ELF executable below 1M. I have found patches that recommend shifting the start address abv 1M (cf. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319837), but this just increases the program size (and error message) and does not solve the problem.
emerge --info please
Here you are. grub is sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10, BTW. Portage 2.1.8.3 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.4.4, glibc-2.11.2-r0, 2.6.35-gentoo-r9 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.35-gentoo-r9-x86_64-AMD_Phenom-tm-_II_X4_945_Processor-with-gentoo-1.12.13 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 11:00:22 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.0_p37 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11 dev-lang/python: 2.6.5-r3, 3.1.2-r4 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.1-r2 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.13 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.3-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.65-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r4, 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.3.4, 4.4.4-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.10 sys-devel/make: 3.81-r2 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA AdobeFlash-10.1 dlj-1.1" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -march=barcelona -mabm -mcx16 -mpopcnt -msahf -msse4a -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /usr/share/X11/xkb" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -march=barcelona -mabm -mcx16 -mpopcnt -msahf -msse4a -pipe" DISTDIR="/scratch/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests distlocks fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo ftp://ftp.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo" LANG="de_DE.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="de de_DE en en_US en_GB" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac acpi alsa amd64 berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdda cddb cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt cups curl cxx dbus dri dts dvd dvdr emacs emboss encode exif expat fam ffmpeg firefox flac fluidsynth fontconfig fortran gdbm gif gimp gmp gnome gnome-keyring gnutls gstreamer gtk hal iconv icu ithreads java jpeg jpeg2k lame lcms libnotify libproxy log4j logrotate lzma mad midi mikmod mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multilib mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt4 raw readline reflection sdl session smp sndfile spell sqlite3 sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg sysfs system-sqlite tcpd threads tiff truetype unicode usb vim-syntax vorbis x264 xcb xcomposite xml xorg xpm xulrunner xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de de_DE en en_US en_GB" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeon v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Same problem for me on an ASUS M4A79T Deluxe with 4 GB RAM. In comment #11 of bug #291729 it says that the problem with memtest.netbsd is caused by newer binutils and that using binutils-2.18-r3 fixes it. It would be nice if someone (not me, I wouldn't know where to start) would track down what the problem with newer versions of binutils is and fix that.
The problem with memtest.netbsd is still present with memtest86+-4.10-r1 (and the same version 2.20.1-r1 of binutils.
(In reply to comment #4) > The problem with memtest.netbsd is still present with memtest86+-4.10-r1 (and > the same version 2.20.1-r1 of binutils. Do you see this problem with both the netbsd and the standard binary of memtest86+? If so, could you please upgrade to the latest available version of binutils (2.21) and re-emerge memtest86+ to test whether it fixes the problem by any chance?
(In reply to comment #5) > Do you see this problem with both the netbsd and the standard binary of > memtest86+? Nope. I didn't try in a while, but standard binary never ceased working. For some reason, the 2.20 ld doesn't seem to be able (or not intructed properly) to build ELFs to be loaded above 1 MB. > If so, could you please upgrade to the latest available version of > binutils (2.21) and re-emerge memtest86+ to test whether it fixes the problem > by any chance? I will try tomorrow. Do you have any preference which 2.21 i should use?
(In reply to comment #6) > Nope. I didn't try in a while, but standard binary never ceased working. For > some reason, the 2.20 ld doesn't seem to be able (or not intructed properly) to > build ELFs to be loaded above 1 MB. I'm not sure if I read this correctly, but if the standard binary works fine, then why can't use that instead of the netbsd one? > I will try tomorrow. Do you have any preference which 2.21 i should use? Please just use the latest available version.
(In reply to comment #7) > > I'm not sure if I read this correctly, but if the standard binary works fine, > then why can't use that instead of the netbsd one? The standard binary works on SOME machines, e. g. this notebook i am currently using. One my desktop PC, grub refuses to load it since the BIOS allocates too much memory below 640k (cf. my original problem description). > > I will try tomorrow. Do you have any preference which 2.21 i should use? > > Please just use the latest available version. I will try 2.21, as 2.21.51.0.n don't have any keywords yet.
(In reply to comment #8) > I will try 2.21, as 2.21.51.0.n don't have any keywords yet. No difference with 2.21. :-/
I have the same problem, with my new machine, an Intel DX58SO2 under an updated version of Gentoo. Same problem increasing, as suggested, address above 1Mb generates a larger executable, not loaded from Grub. This for memtest85+-4.20 with ld 2.21.1. Googling on the Net I found, in Fedora groups, the hint to add to ld flags the flag "-z max-page-size=0x1000". I tested it manually ... and it works ... I added just a minor change to memtest86+-4.20.ebuild: 26,27c26,27 < sed -i -e 's/$(LD) -s /$(LD) -s -z max-page-size=0x1000 /' -e 's/-nopie//' Makefile || die < sed -i -e 's,0x5000,0x100000,' memtest.lds || die --- > sed -i -e 's/$(LD) -s /$(LD) /' -e 's/-nopie//' Makefile || die > sed -i -e 's,0x10000,0x100000,' memtest.lds || die and reemerged memtest86+. Now grub load correctly memtest.netbsd on my machine and memtest 4.20 start. Wonder if this may be a general solution.
(In reply to comment #10) > I have the same problem, with my new machine, an Intel DX58SO2 under an updated > version of Gentoo. Same problem increasing, as suggested, address above 1Mb > generates a larger executable, not loaded from Grub. > > This for memtest85+-4.20 with ld 2.21.1. > > Googling on the Net I found, in Fedora groups, the hint to add to ld flags the > flag "-z max-page-size=0x1000". I tested it manually ... and it works ... It sure builds. When I get home I'll try to see if it works for me as well on different hardware (AMD 790FX chipset).
(In reply to comment #11) > It sure builds. When I get home I'll try to see if it works for me as well on > different hardware (AMD 790FX chipset). Works like a charm.
Works here, too. It seems the problem is solved.
Nice: it looks it works at least on 3 different machines, with different chipsets. Any hope a patch will emerge from the portage?
Why closing it RESOLVED FIXED? The suggested fix is not in portage for any of the versions
(In reply to comment #15) > Why closing it RESOLVED FIXED? The suggested fix is not in portage for any of > the versions If I can, I would like to associate with this question.
I can't reproduce on any of my machines at all. ASUS P5Q Premium, 16GB RAM ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe, 16GB RAM Thinkpad X220, 8GB RAM
(In reply to comment #17) > I can't reproduce on any of my machines at all. > ASUS P5Q Premium, 16GB RAM > ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe, 16GB RAM > Thinkpad X220, 8GB RAM I can still reproduce it on an ASUS M4A79T Deluxe with 8 GB of RAM. I think it may be AMD specific at this point. Anyway this bug should be reopened.
(In reply to comment #18) > > I can still reproduce it on an ASUS M4A79T Deluxe with 8 GB of RAM. I think it > may be AMD specific at this point. Anyway this bug should be reopened. The sed scripts mentioned in comment #10 are contained in memtest86+-4.20.ebuild dating from June 2011. So the netbsd image can now be built with current binutils. What is the exact problem you can reproduce? You should be able to start the netbsd flavour of memtest (abv 1 MB), the "standard" version cannot be loaded on many machines (independent from being Intel or AMD), as there is not enough free memory below 1 MB (depending on BIOS). This cannot be fixed, but using the netbsd image is a feasible solution.
(In reply to comment #19) > The sed scripts mentioned in comment #10 are contained in > memtest86+-4.20.ebuild dating from June 2011. So the netbsd image can now be > built with current binutils. No, they are not. In memtest86+-4.20.ebuild we have: sed -i -e 's/$(LD) -s /$(LD) /' -e 's/-nopie//' Makefile || die sed -i -e 's,0x10000,0x100000,' memtest.lds || die and it does not work (neither standard nor netbsd version) while in my overlay I have: sed -i -e 's/$(LD) -s /$(LD) -s -z max-page-size=0x1000 /' -e 's/-nopie//' Makefile || die sed -i -e 's,0x5000,0x100000,' memtest.lds || die and it works (with the netbsd version) > What is the exact problem you can reproduce? The same in the original bug description. > You should be able to start the > netbsd flavour of memtest (abv 1 MB), the "standard" version cannot be loaded > on many machines (independent from being Intel or AMD), as there is not enough > free memory below 1 MB (depending on BIOS). This cannot be fixed, but using > the netbsd image is a feasible solution. ...that does not work in current portage...
You are right. I just realised that my netbsd image is from April and it either worked back then (rather unlikely) or i manually fixed that build. So portage is still broken.
(In reply to comment #21) > You are right. > > I just realised that my netbsd image is from April and it either worked back > then (rather unlikely) or i manually fixed that build. > > So portage is still broken. Can someone maybe fix it? The fix is known, after all. At least don't just leave it RESOLVED FIXED, when it's not.
Version 4.20-r2 is still lacking the two changes to get the netbsd image started: the base address in memtest.lds and the max-page size in Makefile. Version 5.01 contains the corrected base address, but still lacks the max-page size. (if the latter is missing, the netbsd image has a size > 1 MB and is not recognized as proper ELF image. The boot image of 5.01 works well (if it can be loaded), the netbsd image (after fixes applied) does not: immediate crash with blue background.
(In reply to Thomas from comment #23) > Version 4.20-r2 is still lacking the two changes to get the netbsd image > started: the base address in memtest.lds and the max-page size in Makefile. > Version 5.01 contains the corrected base address, but still lacks the > max-page size. (if the latter is missing, the netbsd image has a size > 1 > MB and is not recognized as proper ELF image. > > The boot image of 5.01 works well (if it can be loaded), the netbsd image > (after fixes applied) does not: immediate crash with blue background. I can confirm this.
Sorry my bad English. Version 4.20-r1 amd64 when booting using LILO not working. The display shows the message:"Loading mem86+EBDA is big: kernel setup stack overlaps LILO second stage" In lilo.conf: image=/boot/memtest86plus/memtest.bin label=mem86+
Does this still affect 5.31b?
I think, memtest only works with BIOS booted machines -- not easy to find any more. ;-) However, i happen to still have gentoo running on the board mentioned in the original description. I will build it and try it.
Yes, this still affects 5.31b on a BIOS booted machine. The "linux16" image immediately crashes and reboots the machine. The "knetbsd" image hangs on an empty blue screen. My comment abv is probably wrong, as https://bugs.gentoo.org/382757 suggests that people use it with EFI.
(In reply to Thomas from comment #28) > Yes, this still affects 5.31b on a BIOS booted machine. > > The "linux16" image immediately crashes and reboots the machine. > The "knetbsd" image hangs on an empty blue screen. > I can confirm this behaviour. 5.31b from opensuse tumbleweed works. https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/memtest86+ from dmidecode: Base Board Information Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 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(In reply to Thomas from comment #28) > Yes, this still affects 5.31b on a BIOS booted machine. > > The "linux16" image immediately crashes and reboots the machine. > The "knetbsd" image hangs on an empty blue screen. > > My comment abv is probably wrong, as https://bugs.gentoo.org/382757 suggests > that people use it with EFI. I think this issue may have been fixed with the patch added in 5.31b-r1, can you try that or -r2 (which has yet another fix)?
And anyone in this bug who has an issue related to "image too big" etc, please try -r2.
(In reply to Ben Kohler from comment #30) > (In reply to Thomas from comment #28) > > Yes, this still affects 5.31b on a BIOS booted machine. > > > > The "linux16" image immediately crashes and reboots the machine. > > The "knetbsd" image hangs on an empty blue screen. > > > > My comment abv is probably wrong, as https://bugs.gentoo.org/382757 suggests > > that people use it with EFI. > > I think this issue may have been fixed with the patch added in 5.31b-r1, can > you try that or -r2 (which has yet another fix)? I had the same with sys-apps/memtest86+-5.31b-r1 and sys-apps/memtest86+-5.31b-r2 also does not fix this. Does somebody know what opensuse does different on their package? compiler, flags?
There is an extra patch here [1] that may be of interest, could you try memtest86+-5.31b-discard-note_gnu_property.patch ? It supposedly fixes a runtime crash caused by binutils: Tue Apr 27 06:57:21 UTC 2021 - Josef Möllers <josef.moellers@suse.com> - Due to recent binutils update the gnu assembler defaults to generate a ".note.gnu.property" section. The linker happily picks it up to the output binary that offsets the real code entry and crashes at runtime. This patch discards the ".note.gnu.property" section. [bsc#1185272, memtest86+-5.31b-discard-note_gnu_property.patch] [1] https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE%3AFactory/memtest86%2B
With the changes from the patch Memtest86+ linux16 "/boot/memtest86plus/memtest.bin works Memtest86+ (ELF) knetbsd "/boot/memtest86plus/memtest" still hangs on an empty blue screen with blinking cursor. I could not find a way to download the patch raw so I did copy and paste the patch content from the site. The suse patch failed to apply on Makefile because of all the gentoo patches. We have to many patches that mess a lot around on the same lines in Makefile. Please reorganize them! >>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/memtest86+-5.31b-r2/work/memtest86+-5.31b ... * Applying memtest86+-5.31b-gcc-473.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying memtest86+-5.31b-hardcoded_cc.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying memtest86+-5.31b-no-clean.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying memtest86+-5.31b-objcopy.patch ... patching file Makefile Hunk #2 succeeded at 37 with fuzz 1. [ ok ] * Applying memtest86+-5.31b-test-random-cflags.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying memtest86+-5.31b-fix-gcc8-freeze-crash.patch ... patching file Makefile patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line Hunk #1 succeeded at 64 with fuzz 2. [ ok ] * ======================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= * Applying user patches from /etc/portage/patches ... * Applying memtest86+-5.31b-discard-note_gnu_property_Makefile.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying memtest86+-5.31b-discard-note_gnu_property_bin-lds.patch ... [ ok ] * User patches applied. * ======================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================= >>> Source prepared. The flags in compile phase are very inconsistent, note the "-O3 -fno-PIC": >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/memtest86+-5.31b-r2/work/memtest86+-5.31b ... make -j2 OBJCOPY=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-objcopy x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E -traditional head.S -o head.s x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o reloc.o reloc.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o main.o main.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -fno-strict-overflow -m32 -c -o test.o test.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o init.o init.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o lib.o lib.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o patn.o patn.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o screen_buffer.o screen_buffer.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o config.o config.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o cpuid.o cpuid.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o linuxbios.o linuxbios.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o pci.o pci.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o spd.o spd.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o error.o error.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o dmi.o dmi.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o controller.o controller.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o smp.o smp.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -m32 -c -o vmem.o vmem.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -c -o memsize.o memsize.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall -Werror -march=i486 -m32 -O0 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC -fno-stack-protector -Wa,-mx86-used-note=no -O3 -fno-PIC -m32 -c -o random.o random.c x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E -traditional bootsect.S -o bootsect.s x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E -traditional setup.S -o setup.s x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-as -32 -mx86-used-note=no -o head.o head.s x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-as -32 -mx86-used-note=no -o setup.o setup.s x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-as -32 -mx86-used-note=no -o bootsect.o bootsect.s x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ld --warn-constructors --warn-common -static -T memtest_shared.lds \ -o memtest_shared head.o reloc.o main.o test.o init.o lib.o patn.o screen_buffer.o config.o cpuid.o linuxbios.o pci.o spd.o error.o dmi.o controller.o smp.o vmem.o memsize.o random.o && \ x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ld -shared -Bsymbolic -T memtest_shared.lds -o memtest_shared head.o reloc.o main.o test.o init.o lib.o patn.o screen_buffer.o config.o cpuid.o linuxbios.o pci.o spd.o error.o dmi.o controller.o smp.o vmem.o memsize.o random.o x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ld: random.o: warning: relocation in read-only section `.text' x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ld: warning: creating DT_TEXTREL in a shared object x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-objcopy -O binary memtest_shared memtest_shared.bin x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ld -T memtest.bin.lds bootsect.o setup.o -b binary \ memtest_shared.bin -o memtest.bin x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ld -s -T memtest.lds -z max-page-size=0x1000 -b binary memtest_shared.bin -o memtest >>> Source compiled.
Created attachment 757425 [details, diff] memtest86+-5.31b-discard-note_gnu_property_Makefile.patch useable after all other patches
Created attachment 757426 [details, diff] memtest86+-5.31b-discard-note_gnu_property_bin-lds.patch
I'm looking to get as many open bugs fixed as possible before I target a new stable. With those last 2 patches applied (and possibly merging/reorganizing a few), we will have fixed everything but the knetbsd boot... I think that is the best we can do for now. And honestly at this point if that issue is still a priority for you, we probably should open a fresh bug report about it, this one is old and all over the place. Are you ok with that?
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=c14a13e3a42edffe77d3472c81ab803f0f203d30 commit c14a13e3a42edffe77d3472c81ab803f0f203d30 Author: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2021-12-15 18:58:55 +0000 Commit: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2021-12-15 18:59:53 +0000 sys-apps/memtest86+: add fix from suse Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/339691 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.30, Repoman-3.0.3 Signed-off-by: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> ...emtest86+-5.31b-discard-note_gnu_property.patch | 23 ++++ sys-apps/memtest86+/memtest86+-5.31b-r3.ebuild | 117 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 140 insertions(+)
