linux-kernel - Re: new binutils needed for arm in 3.12-rc1

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Message-ID: <20130928084328.GA5649@amd.pavel.ucw.cz>
Date:	Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:43:28 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Trivial patch monkey <trivial@...nel.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-omap@...r.kernel.org" <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: new binutils needed for arm in 3.12-rc1

Hi!

> >Given you're not upgrading your binutils anymore that means
> >you'll have to apply that patch only once instead of having to
> >apply it
> >to every kernel upgrade.
> 
> Indeed. Patching my own toolchain isn't really a problem. My
> objection was to the Documentation patch telling the world at large
> that for all targets, older binutils aren't supported even on x86.
> That was worth pushing back against.
> 
> I don't indend to use old gcc/binutils versions forever, I just want
> to be able to use them until I can replace them with llvm or
> similar.

So, what is the proposal? Just ignore the problem and make people
wonder why their arm kernels are not compiling?
								Pavel
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