linux-kernel - [PATCH -tip 0/2] x86 insn decoder test checking objdump version

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Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:13:01 -0500
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	systemtap <systemtap@...rces.redhat.com>,
	DLE <dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [PATCH -tip 0/2] x86 insn decoder test checking objdump version


Hi Ingo,

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> We dont want to remove the build error: it helped us fix a number of
> real bugs in the decoder - instead please try to create a make based
> workaround based on binutils, to not run the test with binutils older
> than 2.19 or so.

Agreed, this patch checks objdump version and skip the test if it is older
than 2.19.

Thank you,

---

Masami Hiramatsu (2):
      x86: insn decoder test checks objdump version
      [BUGFIX] x86: Fix insn decoder test typos


 arch/x86/tools/Makefile       |   15 ++++++++++++---
 arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/tools/chkobjdump.awk

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division
e-mail: mhiramat@...hat.com
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