> Can someone explain to me why this work when done in
> 	/usr/share/relink/kernel/GENERIC.MP/Makefile
> but fails when done in
> 
> Index: sys/arch/amd64/conf/Makefile.amd64
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/Makefile.amd64,v
> diff -u -p -r1.137 Makefile.amd64
> --- sys/arch/amd64/conf/Makefile.amd64	7 Jun 2024 05:17:34 -0000	1.137
> +++ sys/arch/amd64/conf/Makefile.amd64	12 Nov 2024 12:49:03 -0000
> @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ COPTIMIZE?=	-O2
>  CFLAGS=		${DEBUG} ${CWARNFLAGS} ${CMACHFLAGS} ${COPTIMIZE} ${COPTS} ${PIPE}
>  AFLAGS=		-D_LOCORE -x assembler-with-cpp ${CWARNFLAGS} ${CMACHFLAGS}
>  LINKFLAGS=	-T ld.script -X --warn-common -nopie
> +LINKFLAGS+=	-Wl,--threads=5
>  
>  HOSTCC?=	${CC}
>  HOSTED_CPPFLAGS=${CPPFLAGS:S/^-nostdinc$//}
> 
> 
> $ cd /usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
> $ make config ; make
> config  -b /sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP/obj  -s /sys /sys/arch/amd64/conf/GENERIC.MP
> $ make
> [...]
> LD="ld" sh makegap.sh 0xcccccccc gapdummy.o
> ld -T ld.script -X --warn-common -nopie -Wl,--threads=5 -o bsd ${SYSTEM_HEAD} vers.o ${OBJS}
> ld: error: unknown argument '-Wl,--threads=5'
> *** Error 1 in /sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP (Makefile:2225 'bsd': @echo ld -T ld.script -X --warn-common -nopie -Wl,--threads=5 -o bsd...)

Because -Wl,... is a compiler option, and here LINKFLAGS are passed to
ld, so this should be simply --threads=5, without the "-Wl," prefix.