Re: Build regressions/improvements in v6.6

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Tue, 31 Oct 2023, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> JFYI, when comparing v6.6[1] to v6.6-rc7[3], the summaries are:
>  - build errors: +12/-0

  + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L101 overflows 12-bit field:  => 607
  + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L103 overflows 8-bit field :  => 593
  + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L107 overflows 8-bit field :  => 590
  + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L140 overflows 8-bit field :  => 603
  + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L149 overflows 8-bit field :  => 606
  + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L73 overflows 12-bit field:  => 594
  + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L74 overflows 8-bit field :  => 585
  + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L76 overflows 12-bit field:  => 591
  + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L77 overflows 8-bit field :  => 582
  + {standard input}: Error: displacement to undefined symbol .L81 overflows 8-bit field :  => 606
  + {standard input}: Error: pcrel too far: 932, 939, 940 => 595, 574, 577, 604, 598, 601

sh4-gcc1[13]/sh-allmodconfig (ICE, seen before)

  + {standard input}: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.':  => 609

sh4-gcc11/sh-allmodconfig (ICE, seen before)

> [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/ffc253263a1375a65fa6c9f62a893e9767fbebfa/ (all 239 configs)
> [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/linus/head/05d3ef8bba77c1b5f98d941d8b2d4aeab8118ef1/ (238 out of 239 configs)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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