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Date:   Fri, 13 Nov 2020 12:08:24 -0700
From:   Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
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        LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Subject: Re: Error: invalid switch -me200
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On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 09:28:03AM -0800, Fāng-ruì Sòng wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 7:22 PM kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Fangrui,
> >
> > FYI, the error/warning still remains.
> >
> > tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> > head:   585e5b17b92dead8a3aca4e3c9876fbca5f7e0ba
> > commit: ca9b31f6bb9c6aa9b4e5f0792f39a97bbffb8c51 Makefile: Fix GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR prefix for Clang cross compilation
> > date:   4 months ago
> > config: powerpc-randconfig-r031-20201113 (attached as .config)
> > compiler: clang version 12.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 9e0c35655b6e8186baef8840b26ba4090503b554)
> > reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
> >         wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
> >         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
> >         # install powerpc cross compiling tool for clang build
> >         # apt-get install binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu
> >         # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca9b31f6bb9c6aa9b4e5f0792f39a97bbffb8c51
> >         git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
> >         git fetch --no-tags linus master
> >         git checkout ca9b31f6bb9c6aa9b4e5f0792f39a97bbffb8c51
> >         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
> >         COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross ARCH=powerpc
> >
> > If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> >
> > All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
> >
> >    Assembler messages:
> > >> Error: invalid switch -me200
> > >> Error: unrecognized option -me200
> >    clang-12: error: assembler command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
> >    make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:281: scripts/mod/empty.o] Error 1
> >    make[2]: Target '__build' not remade because of errors.
> >    make[1]: *** [Makefile:1174: prepare0] Error 2
> >    make[1]: Target 'prepare' not remade because of errors.
> >    make: *** [Makefile:185: __sub-make] Error 2
> >    make: Target 'prepare' not remade because of errors.
> >
> > ---
> > 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation
> > https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org
> 
> This can be ignored. The LLVM integrated assembler does not recognize
> -me200 (-Wa,-me200 in arch/powerpc/Makefile). I guess the GNU as -m
> option is similar to .arch or .machine and controls what instructions
> are recognized. The integrated assembler tends to support all
> instructions (conditional supporting some instructions has some
> challenges; in the end I have patched parsing but ignoring `.arch` for
> x86-64 and ignoring `.machine ppc64` for ppc64)
> 
> (In addition, e200 is a 32-bit Power ISA microprocessor. 32-bit
> support may get less attention in LLVM.)

This is also not a clang specific issue, I see the exact same error
with GCC 10.2.0 and binutils 2.35.

$ make -skj64 ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc64-linux- olddefconfig vmlinux
...
Error: invalid switch -me200
Error: unrecognized option -me200
...

Cheers,
Nathan