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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 13:18:53 -0800 From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> To: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>, Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, "Cc: Android Kernel" <kernel-team@...roid.com>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] compiler.h: Raise minimum version of GCC to 5.1 for arm64 On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:52 AM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote: > > Given the upgrade requirement, and how clang version requirements > constantly change, how much more difficult would it be for others > to use gcc 7.1 or higher now instead of later? What was the argument for jumping all the way to gcc-7.1? I do think we want to have real reasons we can point to, rather than a "just because". Linus
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