From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8146 invoked by alias); 20 May 2004 00:39:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact binutils-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: binutils-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 8116 invoked from network); 20 May 2004 00:39:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO modra.org) (144.136.180.129) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 20 May 2004 00:39:03 -0000 Received: by bubble.modra.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 25DFCE4A1B; Thu, 20 May 2004 10:09:02 +0930 (CST) Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 00:39:00 -0000 From: Alan Modra To: David Edelsohn Cc: Geoff Keating , ksp@securelogix.com, binutils@sources.redhat.com, bug-binutils@gnu.org Subject: Re: Powerpc Linux build fails Message-ID: <20040520003902.GE2559@bubble.modra.org> Mail-Followup-To: David Edelsohn , Geoff Keating , ksp@securelogix.com, binutils@sources.redhat.com, bug-binutils@gnu.org References: <3A3FC75F7C72D711A7DC009027AC9C4B1788D9@jupiter> <20040519033008.GC12690@bubble.modra.org> <200405190427.i4J4RYiU027950@desire.geoffk.org> <20040519051040.GD12690@bubble.modra.org> <200405191519.i4JFJC227830@makai.watson.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200405191519.i4JFJC227830@makai.watson.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-SW-Source: 2004-05/txt/msg00372.txt.bz2 On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 11:19:11AM -0400, David Edelsohn wrote: > >>>>> Alan Modra writes: > > Alan> Probably true. However, the feedback I'm getting at the moment is that > Alan> it's a nasty surprise that the Linux kernel doesn't compile.. The same > Alan> goes for current powerpc64 glibc with VMX extensions. > > Alan, I thought that the intention was for GCC to invoke the > assembler with -many until we could utilize .machine to generate the > correct directives. Are you proposing that -many will be the assembler > default? Yes. The alternatives are to revert my ppc-opc.c patch, or to ask users to edit their gcc specs file. -- Alan Modra IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre