On 03/12/2010 10:50 AM, David Miller wrote:
From: Avi Kivity<avi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:44:58 +0200
Strange, that people can install a new kernel, but not a new
assembler.
Someone shouldn't have to upgrade their tools to build the
kernel.
The kernel would still build, just without the AES-NI CTR optimization
(or kvm).
And we work very hard to make sure this is the case except
in the most unavoidable situations.
Why so hard? It has a cost. The user can certainly 'make
AS=~/new-binutils/bin/gas' and it wouldn't even affect the rest of their
system.
tools/as/ anyone?
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