From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BC17C7618E for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2019 07:32:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BE06D20C01 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2019 07:32:04 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org BE06D20C01 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.crashing.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45nFbP3nJ1zDqVc for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2019 17:32:01 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=permerror (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=kernel.crashing.org (client-ip=63.228.1.57; helo=gate.crashing.org; envelope-from=segher@kernel.crashing.org; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.crashing.org Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45nFYH2dq9zDqQs for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2019 17:30:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from gate.crashing.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id x6F7U1Kk022633; Mon, 15 Jul 2019 02:30:01 -0500 Received: (from segher@localhost) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id x6F7Txbx022632; Mon, 15 Jul 2019 02:29:59 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: gate.crashing.org: segher set sender to segher@kernel.crashing.org using -f Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 02:29:59 -0500 From: Segher Boessenkool To: Michael Ellerman Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: remove meaningless KBUILD_ARFLAGS addition Message-ID: <20190715072959.GB20882@gate.crashing.org> References: <20190713032106.8509-1-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> <20190713124744.GS14074@gate.crashing.org> <20190713131642.GU14074@gate.crashing.org> <20190713235430.GZ14074@gate.crashing.org> <87v9w393r5.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87v9w393r5.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Stephen Rothwell , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Nicholas Piggin , Masahiro Yamada , Paul Mackerras , linuxppc-dev Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 05:05:34PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote: > Segher Boessenkool writes: > > Yes, that is why I used the environment variable, all binutils work > > with that. There was no --target option in GNU ar before 2.22. > > Yeah, we're not very good at testing with really old binutils, so I > guess we broke that. > > I'm inclined to merge this, it doesn't seem to break anything, and it > fixes using --target on old binutils that don't have it. But we don't set the target any other way either. I don't think this will work with a 32-bit toolchain (default target 32 bit) and a 64-bit kernel, or the other way around. Then again, does that work at *all* nowadays? Do we even consider that important, *should* it work? Segher