Linking issue

[davepruitt]

I am running Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux. When I try to build the zero bootloader, it successfully compiles all the files, but fails at the linking step.

Here is the error I am receiving:

/usr/lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/9.2.1/../../../arm-none-eabi/bin/ld: section .binfo LMA [0000000000001ff0,0000000000001fff] overlaps section .relocate LMA [0000000000001ef8,00000000000020c7]
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:161: build/zero/bootloader-zero-v3.14.0-5-g779ccde-dirty.bin] Error 1

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Note: I am actually able to successfully build this on Windows, but when I try building on Ubuntu it gives me this linking error.

[dhalbert]

We normally build with arm-none-eabi-gcc 10.2.1, the same toolchain we use for CircuitPython. See https://learn.adafruit.com/building-circuitpython for how to install the toolchain. Could you try with that?

[r-corm]

I have the same issue. I'm using arm-none-eabi-gcc 10.2.1 and Ubuntu 22.04

[dhalbert]

I just tried make BOARD=zero (after make clean) with the arm-gnu-toolchain-13.2.Rel1-x86_64-arm-none-eabi toolchain, and it worked for me on Ubuntu 24.04. Are you changing any of the settings before compiling?

[r-corm]

I just tried make BOARD=zero (after make clean) with the arm-gnu-toolchain-13.2.Rel1-x86_64-arm-none-eabi toolchain, and it worked for me on Ubuntu 24.04. Are you changing any of the settings before compiling?

Thanks for the quick reply. I will try again with those versions to see if that helps.

No, I'm not making any changes before compiling, is there something I should be changing?

I am using WSL like the OP, so it could have something to do with that.

[dhalbert]

is there something I should be changing?

Nope, not at all. I just wanted to make sure I was compiling what you were compiling.