Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757998AbYGBPH1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:07:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757467AbYGBPHD (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:07:03 -0400 Received: from smtp4.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.38]:45630 "EHLO smtp4.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757410AbYGBPHA (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:07:00 -0400 Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:06:34 +0300 From: Adrian Bunk To: David Woodhouse Cc: Denys Vlasenko , James Bottomley , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Russell King , David Howells , Ralf Baechle , Lennert Buytenhek , Josh Boyer , Paul Mackerras , Andi Kleen , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, Paul Gortmaker , linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tim Bird , Martin Schwidefsky , Dave Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/23] make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections: parisc Message-ID: <20080702150634.GD4196@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> References: <200807020239.11410.vda.linux@googlemail.com> <1214955660.3316.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200807020200.49518.vda.linux@googlemail.com> <1214988107.10393.444.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <20080702145514.GC4196@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <1215010662.10393.459.camel@pmac.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1215010662.10393.459.camel@pmac.infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1834 Lines: 48 On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 03:57:42PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 17:55 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 09:41:47AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > > > On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 02:00 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 02 July 2008 01:41, James Bottomley wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 02:39 +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > > > > > > The purpose of this patch is to make kernel buildable > > > > > > with "gcc -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections". > > > > > > This patch fixes parisc architecture. > > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko > > > > > > > > > > Um ... if you look at the Makefile you'll see we already build parisc > > > > > with -ffunction-sections; we have to: our relative jumps are too small > > > > > to guarantee finding the stubs in large files. > > > > > > > > > > Since our text is -ffunction-sections compatible already, I question the > > > > > need for transformations like this: > > > > > > We've been building FR-V kernels with --gc-sections for a long time, > > > too. > > >... > > > > Is there any specific reason why it's not done in the upstream kernel? > > Isn't it? I thought it was. >... It is in the Makefile, but only enabled through a nonexisting CONFIG_GC_SECTIONS option. > dwmw2 cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/