From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:42:39 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:8117 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20029381AbXI0Omh (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:42:37 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l8REgbQH010122; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:42:37 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l8REgaKL010121; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:42:36 +0100 Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:42:36 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Franck Bui-Huu Cc: Atsushi Nemoto , "Maciej W. Rozycki" , linux-mips Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't abort the build process if '-msym32' isn't supported Message-ID: <20070927144236.GA9763@linux-mips.org> References: <46FBBDA0.4090403@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46FBBDA0.4090403@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 16718 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips 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 > --- > > 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