On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 9:29 AM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 6:15 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > arch/x86/Makefile tests instruction code by $(call as-instr, ...) > > > > Some of them are very old. > > For example, the check for CONFIG_AS_CFI dates back to 2006. > > > > We raise GCC versions from time to time, and we clean old code away. > > The same policy applied to binutils. > > > > The current minimal supported version of binutils is 2.21 > > > > This is new enough to recognize the instruction in most of > > as-instr calls. > > > > If this series looks good, how to merge it? > > Via x86 tree or maybe crypto ? > > This series looks fine, but why is it still incomplete? That is, it's > missing your drm commit plus the 4 I layered on top for moving to a > Kconfig-based approach and accounting for the bump to binutils 2.23. > Everything is now rebased here: > https://git.zx2c4.com/linux-dev/log/?h=jd/kconfig-assembler-support > > Would you be up for resubmitting those all together so we can handle > this in one go? The drm one was independent of the others, so I just sent it to drm ML separately. As for your 4, I just thought you would send a fixed version. But, folding everything in a series will clarify the patch dependency. OK, I will do it. Who/which ML should I send it to? -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
