Re: [PATCH v2] alpha, ld: remove -taso option

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk>]

On Mon, 10 Feb 2025, Nick Clifton wrote:

> > The -taso switch was quite useful 25 years ago for porting 32-bit
> > code with broken integer-pointer casting. Not anymore. The EF_ALPHA_32BIT
> > Linux support is going to be dropped in kernel v6.14 [1], NetBSD and OpenBSD
> > never had it, so there is no point in keeping the -taso option around.
> 
> This part of your patch is approved.  Please apply it or ask someone to apply
> it for you.

 I'll do it once the GDB part has been approved, thanks for your review!

> > Also remove alpha special case that uses -taso from gdb.base/dump.exp
> > in gdb testsuite.
> 
> I cannot actually approve this part of the patch since it is for the GDB
> sources and
> not the binutils.  But I am sure that some kind GDB person will be happy to
> give it a
> review and approval.

 I cannot approve this part, but here's my:

Reviewed-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@orcam.me.uk>

  Maciej