linux-kernel - Re: [BUG]x86: relocatable doesn't work with new binutils

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Message-ID: <4D0AD7FF.5020103@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:24:47 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>
CC:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Lu, Hongjiu" <hongjiu.lu@...el.com>,
	"Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG]x86: relocatable doesn't work with new binutils

On 12/16/2010 07:21 PM, Shaohua Li wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-12-17 at 10:59 +0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 12/16/2010 06:42 PM, Shaohua Li wrote:
>>> We can easily workaround this issue by moving jiffies to a section or at
>>> least warn people if such binutils are using. what should we do?
>>
>> I think we should do the workaround, but still get distros to update the
>> broken binutils.
> Here is my workaround.
> The problem is a lot of kernel versions are affected by this, fix all?

I suspect the stable kernels should be able to take the patch easily enough.

	-hpa


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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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