Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86: Fix build with older binutils and consolidate linker script

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com> wrote:

> >>> Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> 25.08.09 09:50 >>>
> >
> >* tip-bot for Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Commit-ID:  ddc98b38b6320d5de2e3167673a06ec1a48e9d0e
> >> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/ddc98b38b6320d5de2e3167673a06ec1a48e9d0e 
> >> Author:     Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>
> >> AuthorDate: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:51:27 +0100
> >> Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
> >> CommitDate: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:51:35 -0700
> >> 
> >> x86: Fix build with older binutils and consolidate linker script
> >
> >this breaks the build with newer binutils:
> 
> With the updated patch just submitted I made sure UP and SMP 
> builds work as well as building with old and current binutils. 

Thanks, applied.

> Sorry for having forgotten to do so before submitting the first 
> time (I know I had intended to).

This happens. I'm still unsure whether we can do it in .31.0 or need 
to delay it to .31.1 via a -stable backport tag. One more problem 
with it and i think we'll need to delay it - it's just too large and 
changes too many aspects of the linker script.

Would it be possible to split it into two pieces: 'minimal fix' and 
'clean up' portions?

	Ingo