[Bug ld/14052] binutils 2.22.52.0.2 breaks 3.3.x kernel on i686

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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14052

--- Comment #11 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> 2012-05-03 13:47:35 
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(In reply to comment #10)
> HJ, you no doubt saw my attempt at trying to interpret the ELF spec to
> rationalize GNU ld generation of SHN_ABS symbols.  Cary demolished my 
> argument.
>  So for one, my claim that there might be a bug in the kernel loaders in their
> treatment of SHN_ABS symbols is rubbish.  Also, it means that the pr13621 
> patch
> should be completely reverted, because that patch made GNU ld create SHN_ABS
> symbols from non-SHN_ABS input symbols.  Your patch prevents some specific
> cases of wrong SHN_ABS symbols, but we should be getting rid of all of them.

Let's revert the whole PR 13621 patch.  Thanks.

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