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-rw-r--r--scripts/Kconfig.include3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/Kconfig.include b/scripts/Kconfig.include
index 4bbf4fc163a2..d4adfbe42690 100644
--- a/scripts/Kconfig.include
+++ b/scripts/Kconfig.include
@@ -35,5 +35,8 @@ ld-option = $(success,$(LD) -v $(1))
$(error-if,$(failure,command -v $(CC)),compiler '$(CC)' not found)
$(error-if,$(failure,command -v $(LD)),linker '$(LD)' not found)
+# Fail if the linker is gold as it's not capable of linking the kernel proper
+$(error-if,$(success, $(LD) -v | grep -q gold), gold linker '$(LD)' not supported)
+
# gcc version including patch level
gcc-version := $(shell,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-version.sh $(CC))