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From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
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Subject: Re: ARM issue with old binutils
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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