On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 09:27:07AM -0700, Paul Walmsley wrote: > > ARMv7 builds now make use of the pldw opcode and the ".arch_extension mp" > pragma. These aren't supported in binutils prior to 2.21. So, update > Documentation/Changes accordingly. > > Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <pwalmsley@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> You can drop this Cc: line, thanks. > Cc: Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > Intended for 3.13. > > Documentation/Changes | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes > index b175808..97fcbdf 100644 > --- a/Documentation/Changes > +++ b/Documentation/Changes > @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ 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. > > +ARMv7 builds require binutils 2.21 or later due to the use of the pldw > +opcode and ".arch_extension mp". > + > Perl > ---- > > -- > 1.8.1.5 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
