From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1B2CC43381 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2019 20:07:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C658C218FD for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2019 20:07:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726693AbfCOUHF (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:07:05 -0400 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:22894 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726464AbfCOUHB (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:07:01 -0400 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 15 Mar 2019 13:07:00 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.58,483,1544515200"; d="scan'208";a="307617687" Received: from chang-linux-3.sc.intel.com ([143.183.85.65]) by orsmga005.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 15 Mar 2019 13:07:00 -0700 From: "Chang S. Bae" To: Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Andy Lutomirski , "H . Peter Anvin" , Andi Kleen Cc: Ravi Shankar , "Chang S . Bae" , LKML , Linux Torvalds Subject: [RESEND PATCH v6 02/12] kbuild: Raise the minimum required binutils version to 2.21 Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 13:06:35 -0700 Message-Id: <1552680405-5265-3-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1552680405-5265-1-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@intel.com> References: <1552680405-5265-1-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org It helps to use some new instructions directly in assembly code. Suggested-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen Acked-by: Andrew Morton Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Linux Torvalds Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: H. Peter Anvin --- Documentation/process/changes.rst | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index 18735dc460a0..0a18075c485e 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils. ====================== =============== ======================================== GNU C 4.6 gcc --version GNU make 3.81 make --version -binutils 2.20 ld -v +binutils 2.21 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version bison 2.0 bison --version util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version @@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ You will need GNU make 3.81 or later to build the kernel. Binutils -------- -The build system has, as of 4.13, switched to using thin archives (`ar T`) -rather than incremental linking (`ld -r`) for built-in.a intermediate steps. -This requires binutils 2.20 or newer. +Binutils 2.21 or newer is needed to build the kernel. pkg-config ---------- -- 2.19.1