From: Phil Blundell <pb@pbcl.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:47:29 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: kernel-arch: Always use ld.bfd to link the kernel
X-Git-Tag: 2015-4~6737
X-Git-Url: https://code.ossystems.io/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5c8277610ae84740e0724b27f10dba3895d40c05;p=openembedded-core.git

kernel-arch: Always use ld.bfd to link the kernel

The kernel's penchant for custom linker scripts means that it doesn't
generally get on very well with gold.  Make sure we are using the BFD
linker here no matter what the distro default is set to.

Signed-off-by: Phil Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>
---

diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-arch.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-arch.bbclass
index b3b71bacec..4a140ebdaf 100644
--- a/meta/classes/kernel-arch.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/kernel-arch.bbclass
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ TARGET_AR_KERNEL_ARCH ?= ""
 HOST_AR_KERNEL_ARCH ?= "${TARGET_AR_KERNEL_ARCH}"
 
 KERNEL_CC = "${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}gcc ${HOST_CC_KERNEL_ARCH}"
-KERNEL_LD = "${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}ld ${HOST_LD_KERNEL_ARCH}"
+KERNEL_LD = "${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}ld.bfd ${HOST_LD_KERNEL_ARCH}"
 KERNEL_AR = "${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}ar ${HOST_AR_KERNEL_ARCH}"