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Subject: Re: ARM issue with old binutils
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On Jun 25, 2011, at 9:16 AM, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Jun 2011, Damjan Marion wrote:
>> I see 3 options to fix this:
>>=20
>> 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
>=20
>  4. Finally upgrade to a modern version of binutils.
>=20
> Yes, I know that is GPLv3.  Been there, done that, and it is not a =
problem=20
> 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.

Except there *ARE* FreeBSD users that have said that it is a real =
problem for them.  It isn't FUD.  The project has adopted the policy in =
reaction to large commercial FreeBSD users that have very restrictive =
company policies driven by their legal department's evaluation of GPLv3.

Warner