Re: [PATCH 0/3] MIPS: Fix build issues from the introduction of `need-compiler'

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

Hi Huacai,

> >  Secondly:
> >
> > cflags-$(CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC) += -march=loongson3a
> > cflags-$(CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG) += -march=mips64r2
> >
> > document compiler peculiarities.  Does Clang support, or intend to,
> > `-march=loongson3a'?  If so, what version can we expect this stuff in?
> > GCC has had it since 4.6 or Y2010, which is pretty long ago.
> GCC support loongson3a/mips64r2, Clang only support mips64r2. If we use
> $(call cc-option,-march=loongson3a,-march=mips64r2)
> both GCC and Clang can work and we don't need to care about the compiler.

 This may well be a change we desire, but it has to be made and reviewed 
on its own rather than being buried within a set of unrelated changes.  
Then the rationale has to be given in the change description and a comment 
put in code explaining that it's not the usual case of old/new compiler, 
so that we can catch it later and remove should Clang developers decide to 
include `-march=loongson3a' support and our version requirements catch up.

  Maciej