linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/changes: Raise minimum supported binutils version to 2.23

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wiFfi8J+vMccQ5VYZMecxyAeA9Cpt-Kui-GHZBbB29OhA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Mar 2020 15:14:38 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Lendacky <Thomas.Lendacky@....com>,
        Mauro Rossi <issor.oruam@...il.com>,
        Michael Matz <matz@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/changes: Raise minimum supported binutils
 version to 2.23

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 2:42 PM Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> This is just a documentation patch right?

That patch, yes.

However, there's a second patch that knows that if we have binutils >=
2.22, then we don't need to check for AVX2 or ADX support, because we
know it's there.

           Linus