[Buildroot] Fwd: [PATCH] arm: ensure symbol is a thumb symbol in new binutils

From: Christophe PRIOUZEAU <christophe.priouzeau@st.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] Fwd: [PATCH] arm: ensure symbol is a thumb symbol in new binutils
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 12:27:27 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0a6d5bc7-f7e9-225e-9901-8b10c0677d94@st.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <062a421f-a669-fc1c-91e0-88cf73794414@redhat.com>

HI Nick,
On 06/19/2018 02:01 PM, Nick Clifton wrote:
> Hi Romain,
>
>>>>     Does my suggestion of making the assembler's interpretation of
>>>>     the ADR and ADRL pseudo-ops depend upon the -mthumb-interwork
>>>>     switch seem like a good idea ?
>>> I think it's a good trigger but I'm not an expert on this domain.
>> Same here...
>> I'm not sure how many project enable -mthumb-interwork option.
> Well actually that is the point.  By making the ADR/ADRL pseudo-ops
> only set the bottom bit if the -mthumb-interwork option is used, we
> will effectively be restoring the old behaviour of the assembler to
> any project that does not use it.  So the ARM kernel in particular
> will get the old behaviour back, which is what I think is wanted.
>
> So - any objections to the change ?  Anyone ?
>
> Cheers
>    Nick
>
>
>
>
I'm ok with this approach, and I'm available for possible patches to test.

Regards
Christophe

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