From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Franck Bui-Huu <fbuihuu@gmail.com>
Cc: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>,
"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>,
linux-mips <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't abort the build process if '-msym32' isn't supported
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:42:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070927144236.GA9763@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46FBBDA0.4090403@gmail.com>
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 04:26:40PM +0200, Franck Bui-Huu wrote:
> -msym32 and previously the strategy to tell the compiler to generate
> 64-bit code but the assembler to put it into 32-bit ELF was initially
> a hack to get around the lack of proper 64-bit binutils support and
> later turned into a neat optimization with significant code size
> savings. But it's really just an optimization so there is nothing
> wrong with just dropping the option (and whatever else goes along with
> it, I forgot all the nasty details) on the floor if due to a vintage
> compiler it can't be suported.
>
> Signed-off-by: Franck Bui-Huu <fbuihuu@gmail.com>
> ---
>
> Ralf,
>
> This patch is based on your linux-queue repository.
> Thanks for the commit message ;)
Glad I'm useful for something ;-)
Queued for 2.6.24, thanks!
Ralf
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2007-09-27 14:26 [PATCH] Don't abort the build process if '-msym32' isn't supported Franck Bui-Huu
2007-09-27 14:42 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
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