[Buildroot] [PATCHv2] linux: may fail to boot for binutils 2.29+ even without armv7m
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Fri Jun 8 14:19:28 UTC 2018
>>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> writes:
Hi,
>> comment "Linux kernel may fail to boot with binutils >= 2.29"
>> - depends on BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV7M
>> + depends on BR2_arm || BR2_armeb
> I have a bit of a problem with this patch. IMO it's rather unlikely that people
> build the kernel in THUMB mode on non-M CPUs. But now we're always showing this
> warning. I think it will confuse a number of people, and I don't think it's very
> likely that it will actually help anyone.
Why is it unlikely? Thumb(2) generates smaller code, so I could
certainly think of use cases where it could be useful (and have used it
myself in the past).
But Ok, maybe the warning should have mentioned thumb.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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