Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757537Ab1CBV2O (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2011 16:28:14 -0500 Received: from mail-yx0-f174.google.com ([209.85.213.174]:34813 "EHLO mail-yx0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756679Ab1CBV2M convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2011 16:28:12 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=pjZTElXX7aTDLK/PpJTk6zwVqy2amHNeZ02DB8TMZGIiIRAAqf2cavsJMfSfTMZYMg 32wf+okc/149mL1KXdLH0uTKPD5E46qKxdRhO8SIpYzdqPO+VntOmv1Im/HoL6fukExR 8BmGyiQ13AgXG5adP74JIa0aRZn7dLW6P954U= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4D6EA473.9000001@zytor.com> References: <4D6E8932.1010405@zytor.com> <20110302120339.efd60504.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <4D6EA473.9000001@zytor.com> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 22:28:12 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: RFC: x86: kill binutils 2.16.x? From: Vegard Nossum To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , Tony Breeds Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1715 Lines: 49 On 2 March 2011 21:11, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 03/02/2011 12:03 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: >> On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:15:14 -0800 >> "H. Peter Anvin" wrote: >> >>> binutils 2.16 (and presumably its prereleases, binutils 2.15.9x) appears >>> to have more bugs than any other version of binutils released in modern >>> history, *before or after*. >>> >>> We chronically run into problems because that particular binutils >>> version breaks code that works fine elsewhere. >>> >>> I would like to know who would suffer from formally discontinuing >>> support for that version.  I understand some version of SLES shipped it, >>> but I don't know for sure. >>> >> >> I gave up and became a customer of >> http://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/index_old.shtml > > Vegard, > > The source directory in the above doesn't seem to match the binary > directories, and is stuck at binutils 2.16.1.  At the very best this is > iffy from a GPL perspective, and very confusing to users. > > This is obviously a highly useful project, can we straighten out the > source situation? I only uploaded the binaries in http://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/old/ which should match the sources in http://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/src/ The binaries outside old/ are not made by me, but Tony (added to Cc). I assume you're talking about the binaries _outside_ bin/old/, but let me know if I'm mistaken :-) Vegard -- 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/