Re: Build regressions/improvements in v6.7-rc2

On Mon, 20 Nov 2023, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> JFYI, when comparing v6.7-rc2[1] to v6.7-rc1[3], the summaries are:
>  - build errors: +11/-0

   + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L101 overflows 8-bit field :  => 593
   + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L105 overflows 8-bit field : 593 => 593, 590
   + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L135 overflows 8-bit field :  => 603
   + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L139 overflows 8-bit field :  => 606
   + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L73 overflows 12-bit field:  => 594
   + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L74 overflows 8-bit field :  => 585
   + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L76 overflows 12-bit field: 594 => 594, 591
   + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L77 overflows 8-bit field : 607, 585 => 607, 585, 582
   + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L81 overflows 8-bit field : 610, 604 => 606, 610, 604
   + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L99 overflows 12-bit field:  => 607
   + {standard input}: Error: pcrel too far: 577, 569, 598, 596, 599, 590, 604, 593, 610, 572 => 596, 569, 577, 601, 610, 572, 604, 590, 599, 598, 593, 595, 574

More sh4 ICE casualties.

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/98b1cc82c4affc16f5598d4fa14b1858671b2263/ (all 239 configs)
> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/b85ea95d086471afb4ad062012a4d73cd328fa86/ (238 out of 239 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

 						Geert

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