[U-Boot] TQM860L_config: u-boot.lds:76 cannot move location counter backwards

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Robert,

In message <alpine.DEB.2.02.1112030255250.24308 at oneiric> you wrote:
> 
> > What version of uboot do you use? What compiler and it's version do you use?
> 
>   i'm using the latest "git pull" of u-boot, and:
> 
> $ powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc --version
> powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc (crosstool-NG-1.10.0) 4.4.5
> ...
> 
> i get the same result with u-boot 2010.12.

Your tool chain is broken / generates inefcient code.

Top of tree:
-> git describe
v2011.09-1259-g7708d8b
-> eldk-switch -r 4.2 ppc_8xx
Setup for ppc_8xx (using ELDK 4.2)
-> ${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc -v
...
gcc version 4.2.2
-> ./MAKEALL TQM860L
Configuring for TQM860L board...
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 261815   14100   27240  303155   4a033 ./u-boot

--------------------- SUMMARY ----------------------------
Boards compiled: 1
----------------------------------------------------------
-> eldk-switch -r 5.1 powerpc
Setup for powerpc (using ELDK 5.1)
-> ${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc -v
...
gcc version 4.6.1 20110627 (prerelease) (GCC) 
-> ./MAKEALL TQM860L
Configuring for TQM860L board...
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 256410    4444   27212  288066   46542 ./u-boot

--------------------- SUMMARY ----------------------------
Boards compiled: 1
----------------------------------------------------------


So both older tool chains (GCC 4.2.2) and more recent ones (gcc
6.6.1) build top of tree fine. I save the efforts of building
v2010.12 because I already did as part of the QA for that release.

Get yourself a working tool chain.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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