Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/8] LoongArch: Support toolchain with new relocation types | From | Xi Ruoyao <> | Date | Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:03:58 +0800 |
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On Mon, 2022-08-29 at 12:33 +0800, Huacai Chen wrote: > > If we'll drop support for old GCC/Binutils, we can drop patch 5 (it's > > only needed for the combination of old GCC and new Binutils). Then > > squash 4 and 7. 8 should still be standalone IMO.
> Whether we can drop old toolchains depends on Arnd. :)
I'd like to prepare V6 after we can make a final decision.
> But even if we should support old toolchains, I think we only need to > consider new binutils + new gcc and old binutils + old gcc, I don't > think new binutils + old gcc and old binutils + new gcc can exist in > the real world.
Generally, how do we report an unsupported configuration in kernel building system? With a $(error, "message") in the Makefile, or in some header with a #error? I don't want to leave an unsupported configuration silently generating modules which can't be loaded by the kernel.
-- Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site> School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University
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