From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: RFC: x86: kill binutils 2.16.x?
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:15:14 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D6E8932.1010405@zytor.com> (raw)
binutils 2.16 (and presumably its prereleases, binutils 2.15.9x) appears
to have more bugs than any other version of binutils released in modern
history, *before or after*.
We chronically run into problems because that particular binutils
version breaks code that works fine elsewhere.
I would like to know who would suffer from formally discontinuing
support for that version. I understand some version of SLES shipped it,
but I don't know for sure.
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
next reply other threads:[~2011-03-02 18:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-02 18:15 H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2011-03-02 20:03 ` RFC: x86: kill binutils 2.16.x? Andrew Morton
2011-03-02 20:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-03-02 20:25 ` Sam Ravnborg
2011-03-02 20:30 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-03-02 21:28 ` Vegard Nossum
2011-03-02 21:29 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-03-02 20:54 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-02 21:02 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-03-02 21:17 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-02 22:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-03-03 8:30 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-08 19:57 ` Kyle Moffett
2011-03-08 19:57 ` Kyle Moffett
2011-03-08 21:28 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-03-08 21:28 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-03-08 21:56 ` Scott Wood
2011-03-08 21:56 ` Scott Wood
2011-03-08 21:56 ` Scott Wood
2011-03-08 21:59 ` Kyle Moffett
2011-03-08 21:59 ` Kyle Moffett
2011-03-08 23:13 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-03-08 23:13 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-03-08 23:43 ` Kyle Moffett
2011-03-08 23:43 ` Kyle Moffett
2011-03-09 4:39 ` Segher Boessenkool
2011-03-09 4:39 ` Segher Boessenkool
2011-03-10 8:50 ` Michal Marek
2011-03-10 8:59 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-10 8:59 ` Ingo Molnar
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