From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC, PATCH, v3.9] default exported asm symbols to zero
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 15:51:22 +0100
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On Friday, December 2, 2016 1:59:15 PM CET Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> > With binutils-2.16 and before, a weak missing symbol was kept during the
> 
> 2.26?
> 
> > final link, and a missing CRC for an export would lead to that CRC
> > being treated as zero implicitly. With binutils-2.17, the crc
> 
> 2.27?'

Yes, serious version number deficiency on my end. Also 4.9 instead of 3.9
in the subject...

	Arnd