Re: [PATCH] x86/boot: kbuild: allow readelf executable to be specified

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 9:41 AM Dmitry Golovin <dima@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 05.12.2019, 01:18, "'Nick Desaulniers' via Clang Built Linux" <clang-built-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > Grepping the kernel sources for `READELF`, it looks like
> > arch/ia64/Makefile makes the same mistake. Would you mind fixing both
> > cases in the same patch (v2)? I'm also curious about it's use in
> > arch/ia64/scripts/unwcheck.py, and scripts/faddr2line. +ia64
> > maintainers and list.
> >
> > I think if you simply remove the assignment on line 17 of
> > arch/ia64/Makefile you should be fine.
>
> Perhaps something should be done to NM on line 16 of this file as well. Also
> found similar invocation of `objcopy` in arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile.
> I think IA64 and RISC-V changes should be made as separate commits.
>
> -- Dmitry

I am fine with either way.
I can take this patch, and also a one for IA64.

You can send a patch for arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
to the riscv maintainer since it has no patch dependency.


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada