On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Franck Bui-Huu wrote: > It gives good default behaviours without both user's intervention or > configuration: > > if CONFIG_64BITS > ifndef sym32 > if load-y in XKPHYS > sym32 = '' [1] > elif load-y in CKSEG0 > sym32 = '-msym32' [2] > else > if sym32 eq 'yes' > sym32 = '-msym32' [3] > endef > fi > cflags-y += $(sym32) > > [1] since there is no reason to add '-msym32' and it would generate > wrong code anyways. > [2] since it's used by all platforms to generate smaller code. > Warn if this option is not supported by the tool chains. > [3] if you really want to generate code loaded in CKSEG0 without > -msym32 switch you could always do: > > $ make sym32=no Well, it seems fair enough indeed, as long as the availability of "-msym32" is verified as suggested by Atsushi-san. > IMHO, for normal users, this case is probably a configuration > bug and that's the reason we should request for a user to ask for > it explicitly. Hmm, that just raises the question for a definition of who a "normal user" is. And in general -- what "normality" is and why exactly that and not something else. ;-) Maciej
