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From:   Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
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Subject: Re: Error: invalid switch -me200
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On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 12:14:18PM -0800, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > > > Error: invalid switch -me200
> > > > Error: unrecognized option -me200
> > >
> > > 251 cpu-as-$(CONFIG_E200)   += -Wa,-me200
> > >
> > > Are those all broken configs, or is Kconfig messed up such that
> > > randconfig can select these when it should not?
> >
> > Hmmm, looks like this flag does not exist in mainline binutils? There is
> > a thread in 2010 about this that Segher commented on:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/9859E645-954D-4D07-8003-FFCD2391AB6E@kernel.crashing.org/
> >
> > Guess this config should be eliminated?

The help text for this config options says that e200 is used in 55xx,
and there *is* an -me5500 GAS flag (which probably does this same
thing, too).  But is any of this tested, or useful, or wanted?

Maybe Christophe knows, cc:ed.


Segher