commit d79a27195a33f4b5e591de5536799ad874ea6cf5
author Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Wed Sep 16 22:36:55 2009 +0200
committer Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Sun Sep 20 12:27:42 2009 +0200
tree e90e9340bc57f172c81ec6a8dd096a812d47014c
parent 691ef3e7fdc1fe4dded169d9404f740987f67d66

kbuild: Check if linker supports the -X option

The new alternative `gold' linker in recent binutils doesn't support
the -X option. This breaks allyesconfig builds that have
CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS enabled. Check if the linker really supports
the option using ld-option.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>

Makefile

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d04ad67..a3b7770 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS),y)
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= -X
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= $(call ld-option, -X,)
 endif
 
 # Default kernel image to build when no specific target is given.