[Buildroot] [PATCHv2] linux: may fail to boot for binutils 2.29+ even without armv7m

[Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>]

>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> writes:

 > Commit f13477b (linux: config.in: add comment for Arm Cortex-M) added a
 > comment so that the user that the linux kernel may miscompile with
 > binutils 2.29+, when the target is an armv7m CPU.

 > However, the real trigger is a compilation in thumb2 mode, which happens
 > to be the only option for armv7m CPUs.

 > We can't know whether the kernel will be built in arm or thumb2 mode,
 > though, because we do not have that information: it is only available in
 > the Linux' .config file, which we don;t have access to at the time we
 > run our menuconfig.

 > So, relax the conditions under which the comment is made, so that it
 > appears as soon as binutils are >= 2.29 (i.e. not 2.28, which is the
 > oldest we support) for ARM CPUs.

 > Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
 > Cc: Christophe Priouzeau <christophe.priouzeau@st.com>
 > Cc: Laurent GONZALEZ <br22@gezedo.com>
 > Cc: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
 > Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
 > Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>

 > ---
 > Changes v1 -> v2:
 >   - only applicable to ARM CPUs.  (Peter)
 > ---
 >  linux/Config.in | 2 +-
 >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

 > diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in
 > index bffb52fd18..c29b1f6c88 100644
 > --- a/linux/Config.in
 > +++ b/linux/Config.in
 > @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
 >  if BR2_LINUX_KERNEL
 
 >  comment "Linux kernel may fail to boot with binutils >= 2.29"
 > -	depends on BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV7M
 > +	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_armeb

This only applies to a kernel built with CONFIG_THUMB2=y, so I've
slightly reworded the comment to be:

comment "Linux kernel in thumb mode may be broken with binutils >= 2.29"

And applied, thanks.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard