Re: [PATCH] sparc: Avoid unsupported LLD branch relocations

John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]> Thu, 14 May 2026 07:40:23 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.sparclinux,dev.linux.lists.llvm,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <07519d6f071f9e7fc5a1a58e95a7348d5db4f6cf.camel@physik.fu-berlin.de>
On Wed, 2026-05-13 at 22:34 -0700, Rosen Penev wrote:
> > I would rather fix LLD than making such intrusive changes to the SPARC
> > code in the kernel. In particular, since this touches the CPU-optimized
> > memory routines which had been haunted by subtle bugs for years and were
> > only fixed recently.
> > 
> > Is improving LLD in this case not possible?
> Above my paygrade. I use this so that allmodconfig succeeds.
> 

The kernel must also work in the end. Being able to build it isn't really enough.

Adrian

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