[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/gnu-efi: disable on mips64el

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot at buildroot.org> writes:

 > The gnu-efi package was enabled on mips64el by commit
 > 11b347c03ab0b38389ec11b48f63236a3b4d6547 ("package/gnu-efi: add
 > mips64el support"). However, it has been failing to build for a long
 > time, and nobody bothered fixing it:

 > gnu-efi-3.0.15//gnuefi/crt0-efi-mips64el.S:71: Error: cannot represent BFD_RELOC_16 relocation in this object file format

 > Even reverting back to gnu-efi 3.0.10, which was the version used at
 > the time of 11b347c03ab0b38389ec11b48f63236a3b4d6547, does not fix the
 > issue. We tested updating to the latest gnu-efi version, 3.0.17, and
 > the problem still exists.

 > Since EFI on MIPS is extremely niche, we don't really want to invest
 > the time to fix this issue, so let's disable it again. If someone
 > cares enough, it can be fixed and re-enabled.

 > Fixes:

 >   http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/d5938edcf50ebb7fdcec148d73f402845079779d/

 > Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>

Committed to 2023.02.x and 2023.08.x, thanks.

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard