[PATCH 2/2] bfd: Remove bfd_arch_l1om and bfd_arch_k1om

[Jan Beulich]

On 25.03.2022 15:22, H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 1:21 AM Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 24.03.2022 20:23, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>> Remove bfd_arch_l1om and bfd_arch_k1om since L1OM/K1OM support has been
>>> removed from gas, ld and opcodes.
>>
>> As said in a post-commit-message comment of the patch removing support
>> from ld/, I'd prefer to keep e.g. elfedit functioning for these targets.
> 
> elfedit doesn't need bfd_arch_l1om nor bfd_arch_k1om.

Oh, okay. (I didn't check how it actually works internally.)

>> Maybe not necessarily for the input, but at least for the output. Else
>> there's no way for people to create such objects anymore, forcing them
>> to resort to hex-editing of files, which I view as undesirable. I think
>> this 2nd patch goes against that; I'm not sure in how far the 1st one
>> would still allow this to function.
> 
> People can use the older binutils.

Hmm, well, yes, that's possible, but not very nice. But according to
your reply further up I take it that it'll continue to function anyway?

Jan