[PATCH] ARM: makefile: work around toolchain bug in recent versions of binutils

[will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon)]

On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 04:30:30PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 04:01:23PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 02:04:11PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > Maybe this needs to be a build-time test whether the assembler accepts it?
> > 
> > That could be tricky since gas still accepts the option, but fails later
> > with:
> > 
> > arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S: Assembler messages:
> > arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S:127: Error: selected processor does not support requested special purpose register -- `mrs r2,cpsr'
> > arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S:134: Error: selected processor does not support requested special purpose register -- `mrs r2,cpsr'
> > arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S:136: Error: selected processor does not support requested special purpose register -- `msr cpsr_c,r2'
> > 
> > How about grabbing the march from KBUILD_AFLAGS instead (see below)?
> 
> It might just be easier to specify something like -march=armv4 or
> something like that, and then use .arch armv6 where required.

We could do that, but I worry that it will become very messy if/when people
start adding things like virtualisation instructions (hvc and co) to the
entry code. Using the same march flag for kernel and decompressor also keeps
everything consistent.

Will