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=-8.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham 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 7D8E7C3A5A1 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2019 04:24:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AEB32080F for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2019 04:24:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726136AbfH1EYu (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Aug 2019 00:24:50 -0400 Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.11.71.1]:53079 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725827AbfH1EYu (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Aug 2019 00:24:50 -0400 Received: by ozlabs.org (Postfix, from userid 1034) id 46JCM34MCJz9sNF; Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:24:47 +1000 (AEST) X-powerpc-patch-notification: thanks X-powerpc-patch-commit: 56347074c5307d7bca5db38eb2c764c64ae57514 In-Reply-To: <20190713032106.8509-1-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> To: Masahiro Yamada , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org From: Michael Ellerman Cc: Stephen Rothwell , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Nicholas Piggin , Masahiro Yamada , Paul Mackerras Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: remove meaningless KBUILD_ARFLAGS addition Message-Id: <46JCM34MCJz9sNF@ozlabs.org> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:24:47 +1000 (AEST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2019-07-13 at 03:21:06 UTC, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > The KBUILD_ARFLAGS addition in arch/powerpc/Makefile has never worked > in a useful way because it is always overridden by the following code > in the top Makefile: > > # use the deterministic mode of AR if available > KBUILD_ARFLAGS := $(call ar-option,D) > > The code in the top Makefile was added in 2011, by commit 40df759e2b9e > ("kbuild: Fix build with binutils <= 2.19"). > > The KBUILD_ARFLAGS addition for ppc has always been dead code from the > beginning. > > Nobody has reported a problem since 43c9127d94d6 ("powerpc: Add option > to use thin archives"), so this code was unneeded. > > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Applied to powerpc next, thanks. https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/56347074c5307d7bca5db38eb2c764c64ae57514 cheers