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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/changes.rst | 9 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt index 0ff6a466a05b..ac2363ea05c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt @@ -236,5 +236,9 @@ Files specified with KBUILD_VMLINUX_INIT are linked first. KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN -------------------------------------------------- All object files for the main part of vmlinux. -KBUILD_VMLINUX_INIT and KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN together specify -all the object files used to link vmlinux. + +KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS +-------------------------------------------------- +All .a "lib" files for vmlinux. +KBUILD_VMLINUX_INIT, KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN, and KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS together +specify all the object files used to link vmlinux. diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index 3aed751e0cb5..adbb50ae5246 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils. ====================== =============== ======================================== GNU C 3.2 gcc --version GNU make 3.81 make --version -binutils 2.12 ld -v +binutils 2.20 ld -v util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version module-init-tools 0.9.10 depmod -V e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V @@ -75,10 +75,9 @@ You will need GNU make 3.81 or later to build the kernel. Binutils -------- -Linux on IA-32 has recently switched from using ``as86`` to using ``gas`` for -assembling the 16-bit boot code, removing the need for ``as86`` to compile -your kernel. This change does, however, mean that you need a recent -release of binutils. +The build system has, as of 4.13, switched to using thin archives (`ar T`) +rather than incremental linking (`ld -r`) for built-in.o intermediate steps. +This requires binutils 2.20 or newer. Perl ---- |