From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269920AbTGKMZb (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:25:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269917AbTGKMZa (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:25:30 -0400 Received: from mail2.sonytel.be ([195.0.45.172]:38830 "EHLO witte.sonytel.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269919AbTGKMZV (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:25:21 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 14:32:23 +0200 (MEST) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: David Mosberger , Linus Torvalds cc: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: incbin (was: Re: Linux 2.5.75) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > David Mosberger: > > o Use ".incbin" for initramfs image build > > Why was this change necessary? It requires me to build a new toolchain (yes I > know Documentation/Changes says you need at least 2.12): > > | tux$ make usr/ > | AS usr/initramfs_data.o > | usr/initramfs_data.S: Assembler messages: > | usr/initramfs_data.S:2: Error: Unknown pseudo-op: `.incbin' > | make[1]: *** [usr/initramfs_data.o] Error 1 > | make: *** [usr/] Error 2 > | tux$ m68k-linux-ld -v > | GNU ld version 2.9.5 (with BFD 2.9.5.0.37) > | tux$ Oops, I missed this: On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, David Mosberger wrote: > As I recall, the only objection to this patch came from Russell King, > since it would force ARM to upgrade to a reasonably recent version of > binutils, but he (grudingly) agreed to the change. So yes, m68k is affected too... Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert, happily using gcc 2.95.2 -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds