From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtps.tip.net.au (chilli.pcug.org.au [203.10.76.44]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91386B7BD0 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:46:25 +1100 (EST) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:46:18 +1100 From: Stephen Rothwell To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/iseries: remove compiler version dependent hack Message-Id: <20091006174618.b3b1defc.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> In-Reply-To: <20091006172847.440e8798.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> References: <20091006172847.440e8798.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Tue__6_Oct_2009_17_46_18_+1100_oVvuP3hSA5+hA/Tk" Cc: ppc-dev List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --Signature=_Tue__6_Oct_2009_17_46_18_+1100_oVvuP3hSA5+hA/Tk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Ben, On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:28:47 +1100 Stephen Rothwell w= rote: > > The creation of the flattened device tree depended on the compiler > putting the constant strings for an object in a section with a > particular name. This was changed with recent compilers. Do this > explicitly instead. >=20 > Without this patch, iseries kernels may silently not boot when built with > some compilers. So this is probably a candidate for 2.6.32 and maybe some of the stable releases (if anyone cares enough). --=20 Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/ --Signature=_Tue__6_Oct_2009_17_46_18_+1100_oVvuP3hSA5+hA/Tk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkrK57oACgkQjjKRsyhoI8zzjwCfUqDE1Cp7O/1yv12dqs7XGLV2 TnoAoIlYYYQodpf3/7Z1+1emF2u0oM0Y =mSPV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Tue__6_Oct_2009_17_46_18_+1100_oVvuP3hSA5+hA/Tk--