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

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Wed, 24 Jul 2013, 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.

That wouldn't work anyway as you'd also swap constants embedded in the 
instruction stream such as literal pools which are most certainly in BE 
mode already.

> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks at codethink.co.uk>

Please make sure the kernel will reject modules if they're not compiled 
appropriately.  Either by looking at the ELF record or by altering 
MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC.


Nicolas