linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/13] vfio-pci: use 32-bit comparisons for register address for gcc-4.5

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Date:   Fri, 16 Dec 2016 20:50:33 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        kernel-build-reports@...ts.linaro.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/13] vfio-pci: use 32-bit comparisons for register address for gcc-4.5

On Friday, December 16, 2016 8:30:56 AM CET Alex Williamson wrote:
> 
> Acked-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
> 
> Would you like me to pull this one patch in through the vfio tree?
> Thanks,

If you think the patch is appropriate, please merge it.

I originally just posted this as illustration to raise the
question of whether we actually want to support gcc-4.5,
from the feedback so far it does seem like the answer is yes,
and we will need it.

	Arnd