Hi Nicholas, 2017-06-09 14:24 GMT+09:00 Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>: > Make thin archives build the default, but keep the config option > to allow exemptions if any breakage can't be quickly solved. > > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/process/changes.rst | 9 ++++----- > arch/Kconfig | 2 +- > arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 8 -------- > 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst > index e25d63f8c0da..56fd0687bd4a 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst > @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils. > ====================== =============== ======================================== > GNU C 3.2 gcc --version > GNU make 3.81 make --version > -binutils 2.12 ld -v > +binutils 2.20 ld -v > util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version > module-init-tools 0.9.10 depmod -V > e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V > @@ -75,10 +75,9 @@ You will need GNU make 3.81 or later to build the kernel. > Binutils > -------- > > -Linux on IA-32 has recently switched from using ``as86`` to using ``gas`` for > -assembling the 16-bit boot code, removing the need for ``as86`` to compile > -your kernel. This change does, however, mean that you need a recent > -release of binutils. > +The build system has recently switched to using thin archives (`ar T`) rather > +than incremental linking (`ld -r`) for built-in.o intermediate steps. This > +requires binutils 2.20 or newer. Sorry for my nit-picking. If you see this document some years later, "recently" may not be so recent. Currently, this part is written like that already, but perhaps is it better to reword it a bit? -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
