linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Wipe out traditional opt from x86

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Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:56:58 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
CC:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>,
	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

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 09:47:52AM -0300, 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.
>> ...
> 
> Does it also work with gcc 3.2 ?
> 

It wouldn't be a gcc version issue, it would be a binutils (ld) version 
issue.

	-hpa
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