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Kernel – 4.17-rc6 Out – Includes GCC8 Compile Fixes..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 20, 2018 by RGMay 20, 2018

Kernel 4.17-rc6 has been released, and details of changes since -rc5 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1805.2/03965.html This version is still OK with the latest VMware (14.1.1) and NVIDIA (396.24) drivers, but also includes fixes for repeated GCC8 / objtool warnings at compile time: ………………. Josh Poimboeuf (5): ………. objtool: Support GCC 8’s cold subfunctions objtool: Support GCC 8 switch … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, gcc, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged fixes for gcc8, kernel 4.17-rc6, objtool, ok with latest nvidia and vmware | Leave a reply

Kernel – 4.17-rc6 Out – Includes GCC8 Compile Fixes..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 20, 2018 by RGMay 20, 2018

Kernel 4.17-rc6 has been released, and details of changes since -rc5 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1805.2/03965.html This version is still OK with the latest VMware (14.1.1) and NVIDIA (396.24) drivers, but also includes fixes for repeated GCC8 / objtool warnings at compile time: ………………. Josh Poimboeuf (5): ………. objtool: Support GCC 8’s cold subfunctions objtool: Support GCC 8 switch … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, gcc, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged fixes for gcc8, kernel 4.17-rc6, objtool, ok with latest nvidia and vmware | Leave a reply

GCC – Update to 8.1.1 – Still Gives Kernel Compile Warnings..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 7, 2018 by RGMay 7, 2018

Fedora 28 has GCC 8.1.1 available (currently in ‘updates-testing‘ repo), and I tested this with Kernel 4.17-rc4, to see if there was any improvement in the horde of warnings generated with 8.0.1. In short, there is no real difference: ……………………………… CC security/keys/request_key.o arch/x86/kvm/lapic.o: warning: objtool: kvm_lapic_reg_read()+0x126: sibling call from callable instruction with modified stack frame arch/x86/kvm/lapic.o: warning: … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, gcc, kernel, Linux, Opinion, Performance | Tagged fedora 28, gcc 8.1.1, kernel 4.17-rc4, objtool, still multiple warnings | Leave a reply
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