[PATCH v2 2/4] powerpc/64: Make ELFv2 the default for big-endian builds

Nicholas Piggin npiggin at gmail.com
Tue Jun 6 19:38:30 AEST 2023


All supported toolchains now support ELFv2 on big-endian, so flip the
default on this and hide the option behind EXPERT for the purpose of
bug hunting.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index e34ff0e59585..296e0448b5fc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -624,8 +624,10 @@ config ARCH_HAS_KEXEC_PURGATORY
 	def_bool KEXEC_FILE
 
 config PPC64_BIG_ENDIAN_ELF_ABI_V2
-	prompt "Build big-endian kernel using ELF ABI V2 (EXPERIMENTAL)" if LD_IS_BFD
-	def_bool y if LD_IS_LLD
+	# Option is available to BFD, but LLD does not support ELFv1 so this is
+	# always true there.
+	prompt "Build big-endian kernel using ELF ABI V2" if LD_IS_BFD && EXPERT
+	def_bool y
 	depends on PPC64 && CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
 	depends on CC_HAS_ELFV2
 	help
-- 
2.40.1



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