Dear maintainer,

ld in binutils-loongarch64-linux-gnu 2.46.90.20260712-1 introduced a bug
where relocations R_LARCH_ALIGN are inserted to ld -r outputs even if
there is no such relocation in the input. This has broken the compilation
of Linux kernel modules, rendering unloadable modules due to R_LARCH_ALIGN
is not expected to be exist in kernel modules and cannot be handled by the
kernel module loader.

This has been fixed in upstream [1].

Cheers,

Miao Wang

[1]: https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/patch/?id=a4481c8ff808e7237b99815d84b0d4c06ded6124

this patch is not yet available on the 2.47 release branch.  Please work
with upstream to get this fixed upstream.

Hi,
I'm a bit confused, since I have just double checked that the commit
a4481c8ff808 ("LoongArch: only insert align section for ld -r if an
input has R_LARCH_ALIGN or R_LARCH_RELAX") is shown in the git history
of the current master branch. Another commit e644656548fc ("[v2]
LoongArch: only insert align section for ld -r if an input has
R_LARCH_ALIGN or R_LARCH_RELAX") with the same changes is also shown
in the git history of the current binutils-2_47-branch branch. In the
refs tab of that repo, I cannot find such a branch or a tag which is
updated recently and contains the word "release". I wonder which is
actually the 2.47 release branch you are referring to.

Cheers,

Miao Wang

is the suggested fix on the binutils-2_47-branch branch?  I'm just
confused that you are referring to a commit on HEAD in the first place.

Hi,


It seems that commit a4481c8ff808 is on the master branch and was
cherry-picked to the binutils-2_47-branch branch, becoming e644656548fc

Cheers,

Miao Wang

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
binutils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1142570@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org> (supplier of updated binutils package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 19:48:55 +0200
Source: binutils
Architecture: source
Version: 2.47-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
Changed-By: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
Closes: 1142570
Changes:
 binutils (2.47-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream release.
     - Fixes build of kernel modules on loong64. Closes: #1142570.
   * Ignore tests results on sparc64 for now (Adrian Glaubitz).
   * Update libgprofng symbols file.
   * Refresh patches.
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Hello! Friends,

I just installed `binutils-loongarch64-linux-gnu=2.47-2` and
`linux-image-loong64=7.1.5-1` , and my laptop still won't start
properly, I'm not sure if this issue has been resolved.

I understand it like this: When compiling the kernel,
binutils-loongarch64-linux-gnu is required. However, when compiling
"linux-image-loong64=7.1.5-1", "binutils-loongarch64-linux-gnu=2.47-2"
has not been released, right?
Don't close this issue just yet! Wait a moment!

Thanks!

Regards,

larryw3i

Dear Maintainer,

I think this issue has been fixed now, I compiled the current
`linux-stable` and installed it. It's fine!

```bash

larry@loong6:~/Downloads$ sudo apt rdepends binutils-loongarch64-linux-gnu
[sudo] password for larry:
binutils-loongarch64-linux-gnu
Reverse Depends:
   Depends: gcc-14-loongarch64-linux-gnu (>= 2.39)
   Depends: gcc-16-loongarch64-linux-gnu (>= 2.39)
   Depends: gcc-15-loongarch64-linux-gnu (>= 2.39)
   Depends: binutils (= 2.47-2)
   Depends: binutils-loongarch64-linux-gnu-dbg (= 2.47-2)
larry@loong6:~/Downloads$ sudo hw-probe -all -upload
Probe for hardware ... Ok
Reading logs ... Ok
Uploaded to DB, Thank you!

Probe URL: https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=8884d9f71a
larry@loong6:~/Downloads$ sudo apt show binutils-loongarch64-linux-gnu
Package: binutils-loongarch64-linux-gnu
Version: 2.47-2
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Source: binutils
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
Installed-Size: 4,696 kB
Depends: binutils-common (= 2.47-2), libbinutils (= 2.47-2), libc6 (>=
2.38), libctf-nobfd0 (>= 2.36), libctf0 (>= 2.36), libjansson4 (>=
2.14), libsframe3 (>= 2.45.50), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: binutils-doc (= 2.47-2)
Breaks: binutils (<< 2.29-6), binutils-dev (<< 2.38.50.20220609-2)
Replaces: binutils (<< 2.29-6), binutils-dev (<< 2.38.50.20220609-2)
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
Download-Size: 830 kB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes

```

Thank you all!

Regards,

larryw3i