[PATCH 1/8] ld: Rename aarch64pe emulation target to arm64pe
Nick Clifton
nickc@redhat.com
Tue Jan 3 11:54:43 GMT 2023
Hi Mark,
> * The aarch64pe emulation target is renamed to arm64pe. This is the name
> that LLVM is already using, even though as a rule we call this arch aarch64.
> Without this clang won't work with ld. Another possibility would be to
> change the -m parameter if it's "arm64", but that seems to me like it's
> making things more complicated than they need to be.
Agreed - but I think that you need to add a comment to arm64pe.sh explaining
why that name has been chosen. This should prevent future users from submitting
bug reports asking for it to be changed back...
Patch series approved - please apply - mainline only.
Cheers
Nick
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