[ANNOUNCE] mkelfImage-2.4

mkelfImage-2.4 is a bug fix release.

Available at:
ftp://ftp.lnxi.com/pub/src/mkelfImage/mkelfImage-2.4.tar.gz

* 2.4 22 April 2003
- Fix code that failed to write more than the first ELF note.
  Resulting in checksums and other information not being present
  in the generated ELF image.
  This bug has been present since mkelfImage-2.0

[Steve Gehlbach]

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> mkelfImage-2.4 is a bug fix release

Down loaded and compiled it, but I get:

Internal error convert_magic 00000070 != a5a5a5a5

for bzImage or vmlinux.  Debian gcc 2.95.4 and gas 2.12.90.0.1, linux 
2.4.20.

-Steve

Steve Gehlbach  writes:
> Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > mkelfImage-2.4 is a bug fix release
>
> Down loaded and compiled it, but I get:
>
> Internal error convert_magic 00000070 != a5a5a5a5
>
> for bzImage or vmlinux.  Debian gcc 2.95.4 and gas 2.12.90.0.1, linux
> 2.4.20.

Yep.  That is a symptom of the binutils bug.  It would
be nice to get a configure test for that.  But at least I catch
it at runtime.

A newer version should fix the problem.  I am currently running:
as --version
GNU assembler 2.13.90.0.10 20021010 Debian GNU/Linux

Basically some versions of gas append junk to the end of assembly
files.  It does not show up as a problem except when your assembly
code falls of the end of the object file on purpose, or you care a lot
about size.

Eric