1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/klibc/files/0001-always-use-bfd-linker.patch b/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/klibc/files/0001-always-use-bfd-linker.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de04d691fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/klibc/files/0001-always-use-bfd-linker.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 63ab5102d6ef362a597941e62470bf19e6f1652b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 08:09:52 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] always use bfd linker
+
+its possible that distros choose to default to gold linker
+therefore explicitly asking for bfd linker would fix the
+linking issues on such distros
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+
+---
+ Makefile | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index dc10fc5..40647be 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
+ KLIBCROSS      ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)
+ export KLIBCROSS
+ export CC      := $(KLIBCROSS)gcc
+-export LD      := $(KLIBCROSS)ld
++export LD      := $(KLIBCROSS)ld.bfd
+ export AR      := $(KLIBCROSS)ar
+ export RANLIB  := $(KLIBCROSS)ranlib
+ export STRIP   := $(KLIBCROSS)strip