From: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The new alternative `gold' linker in recent binutils doesn't support the -X option. This breaks allyesconfig builds that have CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS enabled. Check if the linker really supports the option using ld-option. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN Makefile~kbuild-check-if-linker-supports-the-x-option Makefile --- a/Makefile~kbuild-check-if-linker-supports-the-x-option +++ a/Makefile @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ LDFLAGS_MODULE += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID) LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID) ifeq ($(CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS),y) -LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -X +LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option, -X,) endif # Default kernel image to build when no specific target is given. _ -- 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