linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Disallow GCC 4.1.0 / 4.1.1

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0901021000020.5086@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:04:27 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, rdreier@...co.com,
	ian.campbell@...rix.com, jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com,
	deller@....de, rusty@...tcorp.com.au, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kyle@...artin.ca, randolph@...sq.org,
	dave@...uly1.hia.nrc.ca, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Disallow GCC 4.1.0 / 4.1.1



On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> 
> Bugger....
> Now I cannot do cross compile for: alpha, arm, m68k and sparc.
> 
> Not that I actually try to run these beasts but just being able
> to do cross compile has served me well.

We _could_ make a "CONFIG_COMPILE_ONLY" check, but wouldn't it be even 
nicer to make sure the cross-compiles are something that might actually be 
expected to work?

I realize that cross-tools tend to lag a bit - the pressure to maintain 
them tends to be much lower - but I was sure we had somebody who did a 
reasonable cross-compiler toolchain. Is gcc-4.1 really the most modern 
thing that is easily available?

			Linus
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