[PATCH v2] powerpc/boot: Delete unneeded .globl _zimage_start
Segher Boessenkool
segher at kernel.crashing.org
Sat Mar 28 05:27:55 AEDT 2020
On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 09:50:54AM -0700, Fangrui Song wrote:
> We aim for compatibility with GNU in many aspects to make it easier for
> people to switch over. However, just because there is a subtle behavior
> in GNU toolchain does not mean we need to emulate that behavior.
It isn't subtle. It is the explicit documented behaviour.
> With
> all due respect, there are a large quantity of legacy behaviors we don't
> want to support.
And it isn't legacy at all. It is simply the defined semantics.
It is semantics that real code relies on (and has for ages) as well.
Segher
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