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From: Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Stef Simoens <stefaan.simoens@coditel.net>,
	Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
	Linux/PPC Development <linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix missing option in binutils version check
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 11:32:55 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040704183255.GD2146@smtp.west.cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0407041028480.21842@waterleaf.sonytel.be>


On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 10:32:52AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Tom Rini wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 03:30:47AM +0200, Stef Simoens wrote:
> > > Olaf Hering wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jun 15, Tom Rini wrote:
> > > >>And yes, passing -many does work on all older supported versions of
> > > >>binutils.  So perhaps we should just add -Wa,-many to our cflags and be
> > > >>done with it now (and for future fixes of this sort).
> > > >
> > > >gcc 3.2 passes only -mppc, so all altive instructions will fail to
> > > >compile without either -many or -maltivec
> > >
> > > Are there altivec instructions when CONFIG_ALTIVEC is not set?
> >
> > Yes.  And I can forsee in the future were we might have BookE specific
> > ones in the same situation.
>
> Perhaps it makes sense to add a directive to the assembler to switch on the
> fly, cfr. the `.chip' directive on m68k? E.g. using

AFAIK, the problem which caused the need for introducing -maltivec was
a problem with the disassembler and conflicting opcodes.  It should still
be able to check the validity of things with -many (I would hope..).

--
Tom Rini
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-07-04 18:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-05  7:43 [PATCH] fix typo in binutils version check Olaf Hering
2004-06-05 10:40 ` Christian Kujau
2004-06-05 11:11   ` Olaf Hering
2004-06-05 13:11     ` Christian Kujau
2004-06-07 15:57     ` Tom Rini
2004-06-08 11:25 ` [PATCH] fix missing option " Olaf Hering
2004-06-10  0:16   ` Tom Rini
2004-06-14  9:15     ` Olaf Hering
2004-06-14 16:23       ` Tom Rini
2004-06-14 17:38         ` Olaf Hering
2004-06-14 18:07           ` Olaf Hering
2004-06-14 20:55             ` Tom Rini
2004-06-14 21:19               ` Olaf Hering
2004-06-15 16:12                 ` Tom Rini
2004-06-15 17:25                   ` Olaf Hering
2004-06-15 17:46                     ` Tom Rini
2004-07-03 22:29                       ` Olaf Hering
2004-07-04  1:30                         ` Stef Simoens
2004-07-04  2:41                           ` Tom Rini
2004-07-04  8:32                             ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-07-04 16:33                               ` Hollis Blanchard
2004-07-25  6:07                                 ` Alan Modra
2004-07-26 19:36                                   ` Tom Rini
2004-07-26 23:03                                     ` Alan Modra
2004-07-26 23:07                                       ` Tom Rini
2004-07-04 18:32                               ` Tom Rini [this message]
2004-07-04  7:23                         ` Olaf Hering
2004-07-05 18:32                           ` Tom Rini
2004-07-09  1:34                             ` Tom Rini
2004-07-09  1:43                               ` Tom Rini
2004-07-12  9:06                               ` Olaf Hering
2004-07-12 15:11                                 ` Tom Rini
2004-07-12 18:03                                   ` Tom Rini
2004-07-13 13:49                                     ` Olaf Hering
2004-07-13 14:01                                       ` Tom Rini
2004-07-13 14:02                                         ` Olaf Hering
2004-07-13 14:20                                           ` Tom Rini
2004-07-13 15:18                                             ` Olaf Hering
2004-07-13 15:26                                               ` Tom Rini
2004-07-13 15:29                                                 ` Olaf Hering
2004-07-13 19:45                                                   ` Tom Rini
2004-07-14 23:23                                                   ` Tom Rini
2004-07-15  7:54                                                     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-07-15 12:50                                                     ` Olaf Hering
2004-07-15 14:15                                                       ` Tom Rini
2004-07-15 14:24                                                         ` Olaf Hering
2004-07-15 14:23                                                       ` Tom Rini
2004-07-05 18:18                         ` Tom Rini
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2004-06-10 16:19 Christian

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