[PATCH 14/14] ARM: set --be8 when linking modules

Will Deacon will.deacon at arm.com
Wed Jul 24 12:25:30 EDT 2013


On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:28:02AM +0100, Ben Dooks wrote:
> To avoid having to make every text section swap the instruction order
> of all instructions, make sure modules are built also built with --be8
> (as is the current kernel final link).
> 
> If we do not do this, we would end up having to swap all instructions
> when loading a module, instead of just the instructions that we are
> applying ELF relocations to.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks at codethink.co.uk>

Reviewed-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>

Will



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