[PATCH] fix missing option in binutils version check

Tom Rini trini at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Jul 27 05:36:52 EST 2004


On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 03:37:54PM +0930, Alan Modra wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 11:33:31AM -0500, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> > On Jul 4, 2004, at 3:32 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > >
> > >Perhaps it makes sense to add a directive to the assembler to switch
> > >on the
> > >fly, cfr. the `.chip' directive on m68k? E.g. using
> > >
> > >    .chip 68040
> > >
> > >we switch to 68040 mode, and using
> > >
> > >    .chip 68k
> > >
> > >we switch back to generic mode. That way we can have instructions for
> > >different
> > >CPU types in the same kernel, while the assembler still checks the
> > >validity
> > >depending on the selected CPU type.
> >
> > That's come up before, and iirc Alan Modra said the support isn't there
> > now for PPC and is relatively low on the priority list (but is on it).
>
> Implemented 2003-11-22 for ppc.  Even documented.  :-)

But working in what versions of binutils ?

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