linux-kernel - Re: Unable bisect issue because kernel not building from old commits

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Message-ID: <CABXGCsOsm_QtFjd9KCYOc3E_4Tn_EVDhWifOPMU7_PZ7MC2big@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 25 Sep 2022 19:02:39 +0500
From:   Mikhail Gavrilov <mikhail.v.gavrilov@...il.com>
To:     Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:     ast@...nel.org, yhs@...com, sean.wang@...iatek.com,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Unable bisect issue because kernel not building from old commits

>
> Note that this looks more related to binutils here. Regardless, there
> are pre-built toolchains including compiler+binutils for various gcc
> versions from 4.9 and up here, for all supported architectures:
>
>    https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/
>
> These ones are sufficient to build a kernel and are likely easier to
> deal with than trying to port a patch over a bisect session. For example
> you could have luck with 7.5 which has been supported for a very long
> time and still is supported.

I don't quite understand how to switch to the downloaded binutils
without breaking the distribution.
I am building the kernel with the following command:
$ make clean && make -j32 bzImage && make -j32 modules

Thanks.

-- 
Best Regards,
Mike Gavrilov.