linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/makefile: remove check on obsolete GCC versions

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Message-ID: <87va73axkr.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au>
Date:   Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:50:44 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Christophe LEROY <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/makefile: remove check on obsolete GCC versions

Christophe LEROY <christophe.leroy@....fr> writes:
> Le 18/09/2018 à 07:48, Joel Stanley a écrit :
>> Hey Christophe,
>> 
>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 at 15:13, Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr> wrote:
>>>
>>> Since commit cafa0010cd51 ("Raise the minimum required gcc version
>>> to 4.6"), it is not possible to build kernel with GCC lower than 4.6
>>>
>>> This patch removes checkbin tests addressing older versions of GCC.
>> 
>> This is the same as Nick's patch:
>> 
>>   https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/969624/
>> 
>
> Oops, thanks, I missed that.
>
> And even before Nick's, there is this one 
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/962319/
>
> So I missed twice :(

Haha, I missed that one too.

Everyone loves deleting code ;)

I have Nick's patch queued.

cheers