linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/hash: fix build failure with older binutils

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Message-ID: <5307A651.5030604@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:17:37 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	tglx@...utronix.de, dborkman@...hat.com, ffusco@...hat.com,
	tgraf@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/hash: fix build failure with older binutils

On 02/21/2014 06:16 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 21.02.14 at 13:51, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
>> How old?
> 
> 2.16.91.0.5 (SLE10)
> 

I would *love* to kill off binutils 2.16.  It was a horribly buggy
version, and it has been hard to deal with keeping things alive with it.
 How important is this?

Since this is the first I've heard of this being broken, I am kind of
encouraged that maybe we can move on?

	-hpa


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