linux-kernel - Re: next: Build errors due to 'MIPS: Add probing & defs for VZ & guest features'

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Date:	Sat, 14 May 2016 09:16:13 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <private@...ck-us.net>
To:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
Cc:	"linux-next@...r.kernel.org" <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux MIPS Mailing List <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: next: Build errors due to 'MIPS: Add probing & defs for VZ &
 guest features'

Hi James,

On 05/14/2016 08:52 AM, James Hogan wrote:
> On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 08:19:50AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> James,
>>
>> your patch 'MIPS: Add probing & defs for VZ & guest features' causes build errors
>> in -next when using gcc 4.7.4 / binutils 2.24. This affects almost all mips builds.
> Thanks Guenter. Hmm, I thought virt extensions were supported since
> binutils 2.24, odd.

Actually, turns out it was binutils 2.22 (from the compiler that came with poky 1.3).
Sorry for the confusion.

Guenter