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From:   Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Replaces long number representation by BIT() macro
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On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 01:19:34AM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> What we could do is switch to the `UL` macro from include/linux/const.h,
> rather than using our own ASM_CONST.

You need gas 2.28 or later for that though.

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=86b80085
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=e140100a

What is the minimum required (for powerpc) now?


Segher