Hello, On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 11:32:11 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > A couple of other architectures do this as well: > > $ git grep -w LIBGCC arch/*/Makefile > arch/arc/Makefile:LIBGCC := $(shell $(CC) $(cflags-y) --print-libgcc-file-name) > arch/arc/Makefile:libs-y += arch/arc/lib/ $(LIBGCC) > arch/cris/Makefile:LIBGCC = $(shell $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -print-file-name=libgcc.a) > arch/cris/Makefile:libs-y += arch/cris/$(SARCH)/lib/ $(LIBGCC) > arch/hexagon/Makefile:LIBGCC := $(shell $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name) > arch/hexagon/Makefile:libs-y += $(LIBGCC) > arch/m32r/Makefile:LIBGCC := $(shell $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name) > arch/m32r/Makefile:libs-y += arch/m32r/lib/ $(LIBGCC) > arch/nios2/Makefile:LIBGCC := $(shell $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) $(KCFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name) > arch/nios2/Makefile:libs-y += arch/nios2/lib/ $(LIBGCC) > arch/openrisc/Makefile:LIBGCC := $(shell $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name) > arch/openrisc/Makefile:libs-y += $(LIBGCC) > arch/parisc/Makefile:LIBGCC = $(shell $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name) > arch/parisc/Makefile:libs-y += arch/parisc/lib/ $(LIBGCC) > arch/xtensa/Makefile:LIBGCC := $(shell $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name) > arch/xtensa/Makefile:libs-y += arch/xtensa/lib/ $(LIBGCC) > > It's also not always freestanding on the architectures that don't > include libgcc: > > $ git grep ffreestanding arch/ > arch/mips/Makefile:cflags-y += -ffreestanding > arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile:KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-ffreestanding) > arch/score/Makefile: -D__linux__ -ffunction-sections -ffreestanding > arch/sh/Makefile:cflags-y += $(isaflags-y) -ffreestanding > arch/x86/Makefile: KBUILD_CFLAGS += -ffreestanding # temporary until string.h is fixed > arch/xtensa/Makefile:KBUILD_CFLAGS += -ffreestanding -D__linux__ > > (xtensa being the only one that apparently uses libgcc *and* passes > -ffreestanding, for whatever reasons). > > The other architectures tend to implement the parts of libgcc that they > need in the kernel. Thanks for the details, good to know! Best regards, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://free-electrons.com