Re: [PATCH] x86/alternatives: fix build issue with binutils before 2.28

From: Willy Tarreau
Date: Tue Apr 18 2023 - 08:50:17 EST


On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 12:02:12PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 08:42:28AM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > Boris, I understood from your message that 2.28 was the first working version,
> > so that's what I mentioned here. My tests showed that 2.27 wasn't sufficient
> > and that 2.29 was OK.
>
> No, you have it right above:
>
> U suffix - 2.27
> L/LL suffixes - 2.28
>
> I was wondering where to put that info for future reference but didn't
> find a good place so I extended your commit message with it. Now at
> least we have left bread crumbs in case we need it in the future.

I wondered the same which is why I left it in the comment as a warning
for future wanderers.

Thanks!
Willy