Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755270Ab1CNMNr (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:13:47 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:56267 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753050Ab1CNMNq (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:13:46 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:13:21 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Andreas Schwab Cc: Pekka Enberg , Jan Beulich , "H.J. Lu" , binutils@sourceware.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Alan Modra Subject: Re: PATCH: Add --size-check=[error|warning] Message-ID: <20110314121321.GE23257@elte.hu> References: <20110311165802.GA3508@intel.com> <4D7A64670200007800035F4C@vpn.id2.novell.com> <4D7DE39302000078000362E6@vpn.id2.novell.com> <20110314095534.GB18058@elte.hu> <20110314104131.GG6275@bubble.grove.modra.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.3.1 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1173 Lines: 37 * Andreas Schwab wrote: > Pekka Enberg writes: > > > Hi Andreas, > > > > Pekka Enberg writes: > >>> So what do you suggest that testers who want to, say, build old Linux > >>> kernel versions with new binutils do? > > > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote: > >> The same that testers have to do in order to build old Linux kernel > >> versions with current versions of make. > > > > Are you saying it's OK to screw over binutils users because GNU Make > > did that too? > > I'm just telling you the facts. And you are wrong - latest Make does not break reasonably old kernel builds such as v2.6.30. Latest binutils insta-breaks the build over 130,000 commits, including the latest released kernel. Please change that .size build error to a build warning, to avoid this unnecessary collateral damage. Thanks, Ingo -- 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/