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[15/18] kbuild: check if linker supports the -X option

Message ID 200909142149.n8ELnHY4018867@imap1.linux-foundation.org (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Andrew Morton Sept. 14, 2009, 9:49 p.m. UTC 
From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>

The new alternative `gold' linker in recent binutils doesn't support the
-X option.  This breaks allyesconfig builds that have
CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS enabled.  Check if the linker really supports the
option using ld-option.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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 Makefile |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff -puN Makefile~kbuild-check-if-linker-supports-the-x-option Makefile
--- a/Makefile~kbuild-check-if-linker-supports-the-x-option
+++ a/Makefile
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@  LDFLAGS_MODULE += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS),y)
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= -X
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= $(call ld-option, -X,)
 endif
 
 # Default kernel image to build when no specific target is given.