Commit-ID: 1fb12b35e5ffe379d109b22cb3069830d0136d9a Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/1fb12b35e5ffe379d109b22cb3069830d0136d9a Author: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@xxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Wed, 8 May 2019 03:02:19 -0700 Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Sat, 22 Jun 2019 11:38:51 +0200 kbuild: Raise the minimum required binutils version to 2.21 It helps to use some new instructions directly in assembly code. Suggested-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ravi Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linux Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1557309753-24073-5-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@xxxxxxxxx --- Documentation/process/changes.rst | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index 18735dc460a0..0a18075c485e 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils. ====================== =============== ======================================== GNU C 4.6 gcc --version GNU make 3.81 make --version -binutils 2.20 ld -v +binutils 2.21 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version bison 2.0 bison --version util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version @@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ You will need GNU make 3.81 or later to build the kernel. Binutils -------- -The build system has, as of 4.13, switched to using thin archives (`ar T`) -rather than incremental linking (`ld -r`) for built-in.a intermediate steps. -This requires binutils 2.20 or newer. +Binutils 2.21 or newer is needed to build the kernel. pkg-config ----------
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