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Message-ID: <4720D0F5.4040407@zytor.com> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:23:01 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>, glommer@...il.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] Wipe out traditional opt from x86_64 Makefile Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote: > Among other things, using -traditional as a gcc option stops us from > using macro token pasting, which is a feature we heavily rely on. > > There was still a use of -traditional in arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64, > which this patch removes. > > I don't see any problems building kernels in my x86_64 box without > -traditional. > > Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com> > --- > arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64 | 1 - > 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64 b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64 > index 82da906..03a01f6 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64 > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64 > @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ > # > > extra-y := head_64.o head64.o init_task.o vmlinux.lds > -#EXTRA_AFLAGS := -traditional > obj-y := process_64.o signal_64.o entry_64.o traps_64.o irq_64.o \ > ptrace_64.o time_64.o ioport_64.o ldt_64.o setup_64.o i8259_64.o sys_x86_64.o \ > x8664_ksyms_64.o i387_64.o syscall_64.o vsyscall_64.o \ At least *at one point*, ld scripts were whitespace-sensitive in a way that called for using -traditional. Doesn't mean that anything else needs it, though. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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