linux-kernel - [PATCH] Documentation: update for gcc 4.9 requirement

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Date:   Wed, 8 Jul 2020 11:44:59 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: update for gcc 4.9 requirement

From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

Update Documentation for the gcc v4.9 upgrade requirement.

Fixes: 6ec4476ac825 ("Raise gcc version requirement to 4.9")
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst |    2 +-
 Documentation/process/changes.rst    |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- linux-next-20200708.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
+++ linux-next-20200708/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Configuring the kernel
 Compiling the kernel
 --------------------
 
- - Make sure you have at least gcc 4.6 available.
+ - Make sure you have at least gcc 4.9 available.
    For more information, refer to :ref:`Documentation/process/changes.rst <changes>`.
 
    Please note that you can still run a.out user programs with this kernel.
--- linux-next-20200708.orig/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ linux-next-20200708/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself wi
 ====================== ===============  ========================================
         Program        Minimal version       Command to check the version
 ====================== ===============  ========================================
-GNU C                  4.8              gcc --version
+GNU C                  4.9              gcc --version
 GNU make               3.81             make --version
 binutils               2.23             ld -v
 flex                   2.5.35           flex --version