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LIN1018-2744 : 'orpha section' warning when building kernel for qemuppc

Created: Oct 24, 2018 Updated: Apr 29, 2021

Resolved Date: Apr 29, 2021

Found In Version: unknown

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 18

Component/s: Kernel

Description

log: 
 CHK include/generated/compile.h
  AR built-in.a
  LD vmlinux.o
  MODPOST vmlinux.o
powerpc-wrs-linux-ld.bfd: warning: orphan section `.branch_lt' from `arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.o' being placed in section `.branch_lt'
  KSYM .tmp_kallsyms1.o
powerpc-wrs-linux-ld.bfd: warning: orphan section `.branch_lt' from `arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.o' being placed in section `.branch_lt'
  KSYM .tmp_kallsyms2.o
  LD vmlinux
powerpc-wrs-linux-ld.bfd: warning: orphan section `.branch_lt' from `arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.o' being placed in section `.branch_lt'
  SORTEX vmlinux
  SYSMAP System.map
DEBUG: Shell function do_compile finished

Steps to Reproduce

$ setup.sh --machines=qemuppc --all-layers --accept-eula=yes --user=xxx --password=xxxx --accept-eula=yes && source environment-setup-x86_64-wrlinuxsdk-linux && source oe-init-build-env
$ bitbake wrlinux-image-glibc-std