linux-kernel - Re: Using -traditional in EXTRA

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Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:21:50 -0200
From:	"Glauber de Oliveira Costa" <glommer@...il.com>
To:	"Jeremy Fitzhardinge" <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Using -traditional in EXTRA_AFLAGS

On 10/25/07, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:
> Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote:
> > Guys,
> >
> > is there any particular reason we're using -traditional in
> > EXTRA_AFLAGS in Makefiles?
> >
>
> What?  Where?  I thought I removed them all.  Or is this from the x86_64
> tree?

This is from arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64

> > I'd suggest just removing it, but obviously, there might well be
> > people with good reasons for it to stay (The same effect of token
> > pasting can be achieved in some ways, so if -traditional stays, that's
> > not the greatest problem in the world... just that token pasting in
> > asm files will diverge from the way in which we (-)traditionally do
> > ;-) )
> >
> > So, does any one have a word on that?
> >
>
>
> Kill -traditional where ever it may be.  You might need to fix up some
> cruft in the process, but shouldn't be too hard.
>
I only feel confortable about killing it from x86_64 or any other
arches I may have access to. Otherwise, there's no way I can fix up
the crufts ;)

A patch for Makefile_64 will follow in a while.

-- 
Glauber de Oliveira Costa.
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