linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: arm: workaround for building with old binutils

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Date:	Sun, 12 Apr 2015 11:23:45 +0200
From:	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: arm: workaround for building with old binutils

On 11 April 2015 at 22:54, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Saturday 11 April 2015 15:32:34 Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>>
>> How about something like this:
>>
>> A warning will be emitted by make when descending into the arch/arm/crypto
>> directory, but only if any ARMv8 Crypto modules were in fact selected.
>>
>> /home/ard/linux-2.6/arch/arm/crypto/Makefile:22: These ARMv8 Crypto Extensions modules need binutils 2.23 or higher
>> /home/ard/linux-2.6/arch/arm/crypto/Makefile:23: aes-arm-ce.o sha1-arm-ce.o sha2-arm-ce.o ghash-arm-ce.o
>>
>>
>
> Looks good. Do you want me to do more randconfig tests on this, or put it in
> right away to fix the allmodconfig problem?
>

It would be good to have confirmation that it fixes the actual
symptom, so yes, more testing please.
But I think the patch itself needs to go via Herbert's tree
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