From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754949AbZHYOBl (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:01:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754869AbZHYOBk (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:01:40 -0400 Received: from vpn.id2.novell.com ([195.33.99.129]:49800 "EHLO vpn.id2.novell.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754850AbZHYOBj convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:01:39 -0400 Message-Id: <4A940AE502000078000119C5@vpn.id2.novell.com> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 8.0.0 Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:01:41 +0100 From: "Jan Beulich" To: "Ingo Molnar" Cc: , , , , Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86: Fix build with older binutils andconsolidate linker script References: <4A8AEA1F0200007800010563@vpn.id2.novell.com> <20090825075029.GA857@elte.hu> <4A9408FC02000078000119B1@vpn.id2.novell.com> <20090825135651.GA22484@elte.hu> In-Reply-To: <20090825135651.GA22484@elte.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>> Ingo Molnar 25.08.09 15:56 >>> >* Jan Beulich wrote: >> 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? Besides being cumbersome, that would make it even larger, so I'd say that's not worth it. Jan