On 3/26/07, Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think dropping gcc 3.x support for 64-bit kernel is not what we
wanted. And -msym32 is just an optimization and kernel should be
buildable without it. So "remove -msym32 silently" is not so bad, I
suppose.
"If you used newer compiler, you can get better result" is natural
thing, isn't it? ;)
ok, I suppose a warning is fine. What about this patch on top of the patchset ?
diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index 3ec0c12..b886945 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -627,7 +627,12 @@ ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
endif
ifeq ($(KBUILD_SYM32), y)
- cflags-y += -msym32 -DKBUILD_64BIT_SYM32
+ ifeq ($(call cc-option-yn,-msym32), y)
+ cflags-y += -msym32 -DKBUILD_64BIT_SYM32
+ else
+ $(warning '-msym32' option is not supported by your compiler. \
+ You should use a new one to get best result)
+ endif
endif
endif
--
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