[PATCH] fix missing option in binutils version check

Tom Rini trini at kernel.crashing.org
Wed Jul 14 05:45:10 EST 2004


On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 05:29:50PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:

>  On Tue, Jul 13, Tom Rini wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 05:18:54PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> > >  On Tue, Jul 13, Tom Rini wrote:
> > >
> > > > OK.  Perhaps gcc should be refusing to build with older binutils
> > > > perhaps?  It sounds like gcc-3.4 + binutils-2.14 or older won't work
> > > > unless we ensure that any -mppc/altivec/etc type flags that gcc itself
> > > > would pass, excluding -many, are re-passed by the kernel itself.
> > >
> > > Its just the 2.14 + gcc 3.4 combo that does not work.
> > > binutils 2.12, 2.13  and 2.15 works ok with gcc 3.4.
> >
> > Does gcc not pass down -many with 2.12/2.13, or does -many actually work
> > there?
[snip]
> looks like gas 2.14 has different -many behaviour.

Yes, gas 2.14 has a broken -many behavior, as I've described before.
But if only gcc-3.4 always passes -many, how common (i.e. is anyone
shipping) gcc-3.4 + binutils-2.14 ?

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