Re: [PATCH] Don't abort the build process if '-msym32' isn't supported

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 04:26:40PM +0200, Franck Bui-Huu 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Franck Bui-Huu <fbuihuu@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
>  Ralf,
> 
>  This patch is based on your linux-queue repository.
>  Thanks for the commit message ;)

Glad I'm useful for something ;-)

Queued for 2.6.24, thanks!

  Ralf