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Re: PATCH: Add --size-check=[error|warning]
- From: Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk dot ukuu dot org dot uk>
- To: Pekka Enberg <penberg at kernel dot org>
- Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo at elte dot hu>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich at novell dot com>, "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>, binutils at sourceware dot org, linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor dot com>, Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation dot org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation dot org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix dot de>, Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:03:23 +0000
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Add --size-check=[error|warning]
- References: <20110311165802.GA3508@intel.com> <4D7A64670200007800035F4C@vpn.id2.novell.com> <AANLkTikG8wa1Em0bEUddbYpYs2TzFFTDb95qWFJ3xSbv@mail.gmail.com> <4D7DE39302000078000362E6@vpn.id2.novell.com> <20110314095534.GB18058@elte.hu> <20110314104131.GG6275@bubble.grove.modra.org> <AANLkTi=3AiLaw5Gnis8Ha4eRXirk0s-Cnk2zzN12YDpH@mail.gmail.com>
> > I disagree. ?The whole world is not the linux kernel. ?I think HJ is
> > bending over backwards to even offer a switch that turns the error
> > into a warning.
>
> So what do you suggest that testers who want to, say, build old Linux
> kernel versions with new binutils do?
Use an older binutils. It's already the case you can't build old kernels
with current gcc and binutils, there have been repeated such events over
time and nobody has had too much trouble.
Alan