[PATCH 6/7] powerpc: switch to using thin archives if COMPILE_TEST is set

Nicholas Piggin npiggin at gmail.com
Thu Oct 20 14:48:37 AEDT 2016


On Wed, 19 Oct 2016 22:00:06 +1100
Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au> wrote:

> Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Enable thin archives build for powerpc when COMPILE_TEST is set.
> > Thin archives are explained in this commit:
> >
> >   a5967db9af51a84f5e181600954714a9e4c69f1f
> >
> > This is a gradual way to introduce the option to testers.  
> 
> I think I'd rather this was actually a user-selectable option, eg.
> 
> config USE_THIN_ARCHIVES
> 	bool "Build the kernel using thin archives"
>         default n
> 	select THIN_ARCHIVES
> 	help
> 	  Build the kernel using thin archives.
> 	  If you're unsure say N.

Okay, that should be easy. I'll respin the series.

Thanks,
Nick


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