From patchwork Wed Oct 30 16:27:07 2013 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Paul Walmsley X-Patchwork-Id: 3115461 Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork-linux-arm@patchwork.kernel.org Delivered-To: patchwork-parsemail@patchwork1.web.kernel.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.19.201]) by patchwork1.web.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E47B9F2B7 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:27:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.kernel.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5017201CD for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:27:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from casper.infradead.org (casper.infradead.org [85.118.1.10]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7AFFF2016D for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:27:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from merlin.infradead.org ([2001:4978:20e::2]) by casper.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1VbYcL-0002VS-DQ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:27:37 +0000 Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=merlin.infradead.org) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1VbYcI-0003aU-NF; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:27:34 +0000 Received: from hqemgate16.nvidia.com ([216.228.121.65]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1VbYcF-0003Un-De for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:27:32 +0000 Received: from hqnvupgp08.nvidia.com (Not Verified[216.228.121.13]) by hqemgate16.nvidia.com id ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:27:22 -0700 Received: from hqemhub02.nvidia.com ([172.20.12.94]) by hqnvupgp08.nvidia.com (PGP Universal service); Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:22:09 -0700 X-PGP-Universal: processed; by hqnvupgp08.nvidia.com on Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:22:09 -0700 Received: from hqnvemgw01.nvidia.com (172.20.150.20) by hqemhub02.nvidia.com (172.20.150.31) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.3.327.1; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:27:09 -0700 Received: from sc-daphne.nvidia.com (Not Verified[172.20.232.60]) by hqnvemgw01.nvidia.com with MailMarshal (v7,1,2,5326) id ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:27:09 -0700 Received: from tamien.nvidia.com (tamien.nvidia.com [172.17.186.57]) by sc-daphne.nvidia.com (8.13.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id r9UGR71R014817; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:27:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:27:07 -0700 From: Paul Walmsley X-X-Sender: pwalmsley@tamien To: , Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/Changes: update binutils version requirement for ARMv7 builds Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20131030_122731_670104_2310EBD6 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 10.31 ) X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) Cc: will.deacon@arm.com, swarren@nvidia.com, treding@nvidia.com, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+patchwork-linux-arm=patchwork.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, RP_MATCHES_RCVD, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on mail.kernel.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP ARMv7 builds now make use of the pldw opcode and the ".arch_extension mp" pragma. These aren't supported in binutils prior to 2.21. So, update Documentation/Changes accordingly. Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Russell King Cc: Stephen Warren Cc: Thierry Reding Acked-by: Russell King --- Intended for 3.13. Documentation/Changes | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index b175808..97fcbdf 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ assembling the 16-bit boot code, removing the need for as86 to compile your kernel. This change does, however, mean that you need a recent release of binutils. +ARMv7 builds require binutils 2.21 or later due to the use of the pldw +opcode and ".arch_extension mp". + Perl ----