Subject: [PATCH v2 1/4] powerpc/64: Force ELFv2 when building with LLVM linker

From: Nicholas Piggin <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 19:38:29 +1000

The LLVM linker does not support ELFv1 at all, so BE kernels must be
built with ELFv2. The LLD version check was added to be conservative,
LLD simply fails to link ELFv1 entirely, effectively requiring LLD >= 15
and ELFv2 for BE builds. Instead remove that restriction until proven
otherwise (LLD 14.0 links a booting ELFv2 BE vmlinux for me).

The minimum GNU binutils has increased such that ELFv2 is always
supported, so remove that check while we're here.

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <[email-masked]>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <[email-masked]>
---
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index bff5820b7cda..e34ff0e59585 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -624,10 +624,10 @@ config ARCH_HAS_KEXEC_PURGATORY
 	def_bool KEXEC_FILE
 
 config PPC64_BIG_ENDIAN_ELF_ABI_V2
-	bool "Build big-endian kernel using ELF ABI V2 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	prompt "Build big-endian kernel using ELF ABI V2 (EXPERIMENTAL)" if LD_IS_BFD
+	def_bool y if LD_IS_LLD
 	depends on PPC64 && CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
 	depends on CC_HAS_ELFV2
-	depends on LD_VERSION >= 22400 || LLD_VERSION >= 150000
 	help
 	  This builds the kernel image using the "Power Architecture 64-Bit ELF
 	  V2 ABI Specification", which has a reduced stack overhead and faster
@@ -638,8 +638,6 @@ config PPC64_BIG_ENDIAN_ELF_ABI_V2
 	  it is less well tested by kernel and toolchain. However some distros
 	  build userspace this way, and it can produce a functioning kernel.
 
-	  This requires GCC and binutils 2.24 or newer.
-
 config RELOCATABLE
 	bool "Build a relocatable kernel"
 	depends on PPC64 || (FLATMEM && (44x || PPC_85xx))
-- 
2.40.1