Re: [PATCH 3/4] build: also check for empty .bss.* in .o -> .init.o conversion

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/08/2020 11:56, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 06.08.2020 18:16, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> On 06/08/2020 10:05, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> Can't we remove all of this by having CONFIG_XEN_PE expressed/selectable
>> properly in Kconfig, and gathering all the objects normally, rather than
>> bodging all of common/efi/ through arch/efi/ ?
> _If_ we settle on Kconfig to be allowed to check compiler (and linker)
> features, then yes. This continues to be a pending topic though, so
> the switch can't be made like this at this point in time. (It could be
> made a Kconfig item now - which, when enabled, implies the assertion
> that a capable tool chain is in use.)

I am still of the opinion that nothing needs discussing, but you are
obviously not.

Please raise this as a topic and lets discuss it, because it has a
meaningful impacting on a large number of pending series.

~Andrew