From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: pwalmsley@nvidia.com (Paul Walmsley) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:27:07 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/Changes: update binutils version requirement for ARMv7 builds Message-ID: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org ARMv7 builds now make use of the pldw opcode and the ".arch_extension mp" pragma. These aren't supported in binutils prior to 2.21. So, update Documentation/Changes accordingly. Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Russell King Cc: Stephen Warren Cc: Thierry Reding Acked-by: Russell King --- Intended for 3.13. Documentation/Changes | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index b175808..97fcbdf 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ assembling the 16-bit boot code, removing the need for as86 to compile your kernel. This change does, however, mean that you need a recent release of binutils. +ARMv7 builds require binutils 2.21 or later due to the use of the pldw +opcode and ".arch_extension mp". + Perl ---- -- 1.8.1.5