Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:32:56 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: Add --size-check=[error|warning] |
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On 03/14/2011 04:26 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: > > Making the kernel build system check for certain newly introduced > gas options would again require changes to the kernel sources, > which is precisely what is impossible to do for past kernel releases > (and bisection in particular). >
But something like "make CC='gcc -Wa,--size-check=warning'" should work, I believe (tweaking may be required, but that's the idea). Passing an option to the assembler is a helluva lot easier than redirecting to a different assembler.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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