linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] [RESEND] ARM: pass -march=armv7-a when building NEON files with clang

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Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:23:16 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
Cc:	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Jon Medhurst <tixy@...aro.org>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] [RESEND] ARM: pass -march=armv7-a when building NEON files with clang

On Thursday 18 February 2016 12:31:35 Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Feb 2016, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> > clang ignores the -mfpu=neon flag when building with -march=armv6:
> > 
> > In file included from lib/raid6/neon1.c:27:
> > clang/3.8.0/include/arm_neon.h:28:2: error: "NEON support not enabled"
> > 
> > There is no real need to build the file with -march=armv6 in a
> > multi-CPU enabled kernel, as nothing in here will ever get called
> > on an ARMv6 CPU. Adding -march=armv7 doesn't hurt and can only
> > improve the code quality.
> 
> Is this enough to override a previous -mfpu for gcc?

I did not see any build failures on gcc with this, so I assume it
has no effect. I could move the -march=armv7-a in front of
-mfpu=neon if you think that would be safer though.

	Arnd