On 10.02.2026 16:53, Roger Pau Monné wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 04:27:33PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 10.02.2026 16:11, Roger Pau Monne wrote: >>> Pass --divide when when available to signal '/' is >>> +# always used as an operator in assembly. >>> +$(call cc-option-add,CFLAGS,CC,-Wa$$(comma)--divide) >> >> I don't think this should be done here: --divide is an x86-specific >> option. > > Oh, that wasn't clear from the output of as. I can make it > x86-specific then. However, is there any chance of this behavior > escaping outside of x86, and hence would we like to ensure this > behavior on all possible arches? > > Or is it possible that other arches re-use the --divide option for > some other functionality?
It is equally possible for that to happen (if some target needs to support '/' as a comment char) as it is for such a target to then use an entirely different command line option. Furthermore, --divide may mean something else on another arch. Jan
