Question, are there any fundamental reasons we shouldn't use the ELFv2
ABI to build big endian kernels if the compiler supports it?

Thanks,
Nick

---
 arch/powerpc/Makefile      | 15 +++++----------
 arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 902da6e..b4867fc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -72,18 +72,19 @@ GNUTARGET   := powerpc
 MULTIPLEWORD   := -mmultiple
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_PPC64),y)
+cflags-y                               += $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2)
+aflags-y                               += $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2)
+endif
+
 cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)                += $(call 
cc-option,-mbig-endian)
-cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)                += $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
 cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)     += -mlittle-endian
-cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)     += -mabi=elfv2
 ifneq ($(cc-name),clang)
   cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)   += -mno-strict-align
 endif
 
 aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)                += $(call 
cc-option,-mbig-endian)
-aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)                += $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
 aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)     += -mlittle-endian
-aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)     += -mabi=elfv2
 
 ifeq ($(HAS_BIARCH),y)
 override AS    += -a$(BITS)
@@ -113,14 +114,8 @@ endif
 endif
 
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64) := $(call cc-option,-mtraceback=no)
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN),y)
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64) += $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2,$(call 
cc-option,-mcall-aixdesc))
 AFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64) += $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2)
-else
-CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64) += $(call cc-option,-mcall-aixdesc)
-CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64) += $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
-AFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64) += $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
-endif
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64) += $(call cc-option,-mcmodel=medium,$(call 
cc-option,-mminimal-toc))
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64) += $(call cc-option,-mno-pointers-to-nested-functions)
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC32) := -ffixed-r2 $(MULTIPLEWORD)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index 1d50d41..ef2499b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ BOOTCFLAGS    += -m64
 endif
 ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
 BOOTCFLAGS     += -mbig-endian
-BOOTCFLAGS     += $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
+BOOTCFLAGS     += $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2)
 else
 BOOTCFLAGS     += -mlittle-endian
 BOOTCFLAGS     += $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2)
-- 
2.10.2

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