Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 13 Jul 2019 07:47:44 -0500 | From | Segher Boessenkool <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] powerpc: remove meaningless KBUILD_ARFLAGS addition |
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On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 12:21:06PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > The KBUILD_ARFLAGS addition in arch/powerpc/Makefile has never worked > in a useful way because it is always overridden by the following code > in the top Makefile: > > # use the deterministic mode of AR if available > KBUILD_ARFLAGS := $(call ar-option,D) > > The code in the top Makefile was added in 2011, by commit 40df759e2b9e > ("kbuild: Fix build with binutils <= 2.19"). > > The KBUILD_ARFLAGS addition for ppc has always been dead code from the > beginning.
That was added in 43c9127d94d6 to replace my 8995ac870273 from 2007.
Is it no longer supported to build a 64-bit kernel with a toolchain that defaults to 32-bit, or the other way around? And with non-native toolchains (this one didn't run on Linux, even).
Segher
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