Re: CONFIG_BUILD_ELF64 broken on IP32 since 2.6.20

[Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com>]

Ralf Baechle wrote:
> -msym32 and previously the strategy to tell the compiler to generate 64-bit
> code but the assembler to put it into 32-bit ELF was initially a hack
> to get around the lack of proper 64-bit binutils support and later 
> turned into a neat optimization with significant code size savings.  But
> it's really just an optimization so there is nothing wrong with just
> dropping the option (and whatever else goes along with it, I forgot all
> the nasty details) on the floor if due to a vintage compiler it can't be
> suported.
> 

ok, I'll send a patch to reflect that.

                Franck