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+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# Print the linker name and its version in a 5 or 6-digit form.
+# Also, perform the minimum version check.
+
+set -e
+
+# Convert the version string x.y.z to a canonical 5 or 6-digit form.
+get_canonical_version()
+{
+ IFS=.
+ set -- $1
+
+ # If the 2nd or 3rd field is missing, fill it with a zero.
+ #
+ # The 4th field, if present, is ignored.
+ # This occurs in development snapshots as in 2.35.1.20201116
+ echo $((10000 * $1 + 100 * ${2:-0} + ${3:-0}))
+}
+
+orig_args="$@"
+
+# Get the first line of the --version output.
+IFS='
+'
+set -- $(LC_ALL=C "$@" --version)
+
+# Split the line on spaces.
+IFS=' '
+set -- $1
+
+min_tool_version=$(dirname $0)/min-tool-version.sh
+
+if [ "$1" = GNU -a "$2" = ld ]; then
+ shift $(($# - 1))
+ version=$1
+ min_version=$($min_tool_version binutils)
+ name=BFD
+ disp_name="GNU ld"
+elif [ "$1" = GNU -a "$2" = gold ]; then
+ echo "gold linker is not supported as it is not capable of linking the kernel proper." >&2
+ exit 1
+else
+ while [ $# -gt 1 -a "$1" != "LLD" ]; do
+ shift
+ done
+
+ if [ "$1" = LLD ]; then
+ version=$2
+ min_version=$($min_tool_version llvm)
+ name=LLD
+ disp_name=LLD
+ else
+ echo "$orig_args: unknown linker" >&2
+ exit 1
+ fi
+fi
+
+# Some distributions append a package release number, as in 2.34-4.fc32
+# Trim the hyphen and any characters that follow.
+version=${version%-*}
+
+cversion=$(get_canonical_version $version)
+min_cversion=$(get_canonical_version $min_version)
+
+if [ "$cversion" -lt "$min_cversion" ]; then
+ echo >&2 "***"
+ echo >&2 "*** Linker is too old."
+ echo >&2 "*** Your $disp_name version: $version"
+ echo >&2 "*** Minimum $disp_name version: $min_version"
+ echo >&2 "***"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+echo $name $cversion