linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Fix computation on entry point

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Message-ID: <20180829175747.bo4l36aptncduyuc@pburton-laptop>
Date:   Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:57:47 -0700
From:   Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>
To:     Philippe Reynes <philippe.reynes@...tathome.com>
Cc:     ralf@...ux-mips.org, jhogan@...nel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Fix computation on entry point

Hi Philippe,

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 05:52:50PM +0200, Philippe Reynes wrote:
> Since commit 27c524d17430 ("MIPS: Use the entry point from the ELF
> file header"), the kernel entry point is computed with a grep on
> "start address" on the output of objdump. It works fine when the
> default language is english but it may fail on other language (for
> example in French, the grep should be done on "adresse de départ").

D'oh!

> To fix this computation on most machine, I propose to force the
> language to english with "LC_ALL=C".

I wonder if it's time to bite the bullet & just write a little custom
program to do what we need, rather than trying to wrangle standard tools
that *almost* do what we need but not quite... Patch incoming.

Thanks,
    Paul