Bump to version v0.9.6

[joe-lawrence]

Updates of interest:

v0.9.6:

• Allow OOT modules to be built with non-distro kernels
• Add cross-arch unit testing support
• Support ELF extended symbol section indexes
• Allow setting kernel version if --sourcedir and --vmlinux are used
• Cleanup and enhance LINE macro detection for all arches
• Fix segfault on .LCx string literal symbols
• Include __dyndbg section when referenced by jump table
• Honor user provided KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS
• Support .retpoline_sites section
• Add native compiler selection via CROSS_COMPILE

Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence joe.lawrence@redhat.com

[jpoimboe]

Also:

• Support .retpoline_sites section
• Add cross-compilation support? (not sure if this fully works yet with the kpatch-build script since ARCH is based on host arch?)

[joe-lawrence]

Support .retpoline_sites section

Hmm, I thought I copy/pasted that one, but somehow it disappeared from my editor. Added.

Add cross-compilation support? (not sure if this fully works yet with the kpatch-build script since ARCH is based on host arch?)

As soon as I see "cross" I think "cross-architecture", and on that front, it's only implemented as far as create-diff-object. I think that would be most visible via the unit-tests.

We did merge #1248 and those commits call it "cross-compilation" and we now allow the user to pick their compiler via CROSS_COMPILE. The (implied) limitation is that it must be for the local arch. Maybe something like "Add native compiler selection via CROSS_COMPILE" ?

[jpoimboe]

We did merge #1248 and those commits call it "cross-compilation" and we now allow the user to pick their compiler via CROSS_COMPILE. The (implied) limitation is that it must be for the local arch. Maybe something like "Add native compiler selection via CROSS_COMPILE" ?

Yeah, that sounds good.

[yhcote]

Looks good to me.