Re[2]: [PATCH][v2] powerpc 44x: support for 256KB PAGE_SIZE

[Yuri Tikhonov <yur@emcraft.com>]

=0D=0AOn Sunday, December 21, 2008 you wrote:

> Yuri Tikhonov <yur@emcraft.com> writes:

>>  Thanks for pointing this. I guess, the -zmax-page-size option is new=20
>> to binutils 2.17.50.0.10. Right?

> It was added 2=BD years ago.

 Yes, approximately: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-07/msg00361.html

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Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:19:05 -0700
Subject: The Linux binutils 2.17.50.0.3 is released

Changes from binutils 2.17.50.0.2:
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16. Add "-z max-page-size=3D" and "-z common-page-size=3D" to ELF linker.
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>>  I'll remove the STDBINUTILS config option from this patch then, and=20
>> correspondingly update the description.

 I thought about this more, and I guess that we should keep the=20
dependency on the newly introduced by this patch STDBINUTILS option.=20
Perhaps, change it name to, say, STD_ELF_LINKING.

 Because, in any case, either should we patch binutils, or should we=20
pass some non-default value to the linker: the resulted application=20
doesn't match the ELF standard, and the applications which match the=20
standard simply won't work with the 256K paged kernel - so, a user has=20
to be aware of it before turning the 256K on.

 What do you think about this?

 Regards, Yuri