linux-kernel - Re: RFC: drop support for gcc

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Date:	Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:41:04 -0300
From:	"Glauber de Oliveira Costa" <glommer@...il.com>
To:	"Chris Wedgwood" <cw@...f.org>
Cc:	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...nel.org>,
	"Randy Dunlap" <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Jarek Poplawski" <jarkao2@...pl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: RFC: drop support for gcc < 4.0

On 8/21/07, Chris Wedgwood <cw@...f.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 07:35:50PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>
> > Are there any architectures still requiring a gcc < 4.0 ?
>
> Yes, sadly in some places (embedded) there are people with older
> compiler who want newer kernels.

Last time I tried a mips build, it would fail the compile unless I was
using _exactly_ 3.4.4 (I didn't tried older versions, but did try
3.4.6, for ex.). So I also think the 3.4 series will still have to be
around for a while.

-- 
Glauber de Oliveira Costa.
"Free as in Freedom"
http://glommer.net

"The less confident you are, the more serious you have to act."
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