Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:16:03 -0600 (CST) From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> To: Damjan Marion <damjan.marion@gmail.com> Cc: toolchain@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ARM issue with old binutils Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1106250911230.15592@gerinyyl.fvgr> In-Reply-To: <0C35FE0F-3301-44C6-AC40-233F6C446EBC@gmail.com> References: <0C35FE0F-3301-44C6-AC40-233F6C446EBC@gmail.com>
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On Wed, 22 Jun 2011, Damjan Marion wrote:
> I see 3 options to fix this:
>
> 1. Ask clang folks to patch llvm to use old mnemonics ("mov r0, r0, rrx" instead of "rrx r0,r0")
> 2. Maintain same patch for freebsd only
> 3. patch binutils to support this new mnemonics
4. Finally upgrade to a modern version of binutils.
Yes, I know that is GPLv3. Been there, done that, and it is not a problem
at all, just FUD. IBM, SAP, Oracle, and all the others are not concerned
about GPLv3 in the toolchain, nor should we. Except for FUD.
Gerald
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