On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 08:56:50PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > Signed-off-by: Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Change was suggested by Sam Ravnborg; see http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/18/15. > Untested. > > diff --git a/arch/ia64/Makefile b/arch/ia64/Makefile > index 58a7e46..2bf6107 100644 > --- a/arch/ia64/Makefile > +++ b/arch/ia64/Makefile > @@ -41,10 +41,8 @@ $(error Sorry, you need a newer version of the assember, one that is built from > ftp://ftp.hpl.hp.com/pub/linux-ia64/gas-030124.tar.gz) > endif > > -ifeq ($(call cc-version),0304) > - cflags-$(CONFIG_ITANIUM) += -mtune=merced > - cflags-$(CONFIG_MCKINLEY) += -mtune=mckinley > -endif > +cflags-$(CONFIG_ITANIUM) += $(call cc-ifversion, -eq, 0304, -mtune=merced) > +cflags-$(CONFIG_MCKINLEY) += $(call cc-ifversion, -eq, 0304, -mtune=mckinley) The above change is correct. But I really wonder if the original code was correct? Do we really only want to use the -mtune options for this specific gcc version? If this is indeed the case this deserves a comment explaning this. So the patch has my: Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> But the code that this patch highligt (but does not chage) looks questionable. Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html