From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754880AbZHYN5B (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:57:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754875AbZHYN5A (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:57:00 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:53846 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754850AbZHYN47 (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:56:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:56:51 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Jan Beulich Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86: Fix build with older binutils and consolidate linker script Message-ID: <20090825135651.GA22484@elte.hu> References: <4A8AEA1F0200007800010563@vpn.id2.novell.com> <20090825075029.GA857@elte.hu> <4A9408FC02000078000119B1@vpn.id2.novell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A9408FC02000078000119B1@vpn.id2.novell.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> Ingo Molnar 25.08.09 09:50 >>> > > > >* tip-bot for Jan Beulich wrote: > > > >> Commit-ID: ddc98b38b6320d5de2e3167673a06ec1a48e9d0e > >> Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/ddc98b38b6320d5de2e3167673a06ec1a48e9d0e > >> Author: Jan Beulich > >> AuthorDate: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:51:27 +0100 > >> Committer: H. Peter Anvin > >> CommitDate: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:51:35 -0700 > >> > >> x86: Fix build with older binutils and consolidate linker script > > > >this breaks the build with newer binutils: > > With the updated patch just submitted I made sure UP and SMP > builds work as well as building with old and current binutils. Thanks, applied. > Sorry for having forgotten to do so before submitting the first > time (I know I had intended to). This happens. I'm still unsure whether we can do it in .31.0 or need to delay it to .31.1 via a -stable backport tag. One more problem with it and i think we'll need to delay it - it's just too large and changes too many aspects of the linker script. Would it be possible to split it into two pieces: 'minimal fix' and 'clean up' portions? Ingo