linux-kernel - Re: PATCH: Add --size-check=[error|warning]

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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:13:21 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...hat.com>
Cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>,
	"H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>, binutils@...rceware.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Alan Modra <amodra@...il.com>
Subject: Re: PATCH: Add --size-check=[error|warning]


* Andreas Schwab <schwab@...hat.com> wrote:

> Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org> writes:
> 
> > Hi Andreas,
> >
> > Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org> writes:
> >>> So what do you suggest that testers who want to, say, build old Linux
> >>> kernel versions with new binutils do?
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@...hat.com> wrote:
> >> The same that testers have to do in order to build old Linux kernel
> >> versions with current versions of make.
> >
> > Are you saying it's OK to screw over binutils users because GNU Make
> > did that too?
> 
> I'm just telling you the facts.

And you are wrong - latest Make does not break reasonably old kernel builds such as 
v2.6.30.

Latest binutils insta-breaks the build over 130,000 commits, including the latest 
released kernel.

Please change that .size build error to a build warning, to avoid this unnecessary 
collateral damage.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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