On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 06:07:51PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote: > On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 07:02:48PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 09:18:34PM +0530, Naresh Kamboju wrote: > > > stable-rc 4.9 arm architecture build failed due to > > > following errors, > > > > > > # make -sk KBUILD_BUILD_USER=TuxBuild -C/linux -j16 ARCH=arm > > > CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- HOSTCC=gcc CC="sccache > > > arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc" O=build zImage > > > # > > > ../arch/arm/vfp/vfphw.S: Assembler messages: > > > ../arch/arm/vfp/vfphw.S:158: Error: bad instruction `ldcleq p11,cr0,[r10],#32*4' > > > ../arch/arm/vfp/vfphw.S:233: Error: bad instruction `stcleq p11,cr0,[r0],#32*4' > > > make[2]: *** [../scripts/Makefile.build:404: arch/arm/vfp/vfphw.o] Error 1 > > > make[2]: Target '__build' not remade because of errors. > > > make[1]: *** [/linux/Makefile:1040: arch/arm/vfp] Error 2 > > > ../arch/arm/lib/changebit.S: Assembler messages: > > > ../arch/arm/lib/changebit.S:15: Error: bad instruction `strbne r1,[ip]' > > It looks like Naresh's toolchain doesn't like the new format > instructions. Which toolchain (and versions of the individual > tools) are you (Naresh) using? > > > Odd, I'll drop it from 4.9, but it's also in the 4.14 and 4.19 queues as > > well, is it causing issues there too? > > What if it turns out that Naresh is using an ancient toolchain > that isn't supported by these kernels? Does that still count as > a reason to drop the patch? Depends on if anyone actually wants to use the newer toolchain on the really-old 4.9 release :) thanks, greg k-h
