From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from elvis.franken.de ([193.175.24.41]:56693 "EHLO elvis.franken.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755939AbXHVIYs (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:24:48 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:59:30 +0200 Subject: Re: RFC: drop support for gcc < 4.0 Message-ID: <20070822065930.GA6459@alpha.franken.de> References: <20070821132038.GA22254@ff.dom.local> <20070821093103.3c097d4a.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20070821173550.GC30705@stusta.de> <20070821182505.GA20968@puku.stupidest.org> <5d6222a80708211341s63f8c1eau922f018e66db49f4@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5d6222a80708211341s63f8c1eau922f018e66db49f4@mail.gmail.com> From: tsbogend@alpha.franken.de (Thomas Bogendoerfer) Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Glauber de Oliveira Costa Cc: Chris Wedgwood , Adrian Bunk , Randy Dunlap , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Jarek Poplawski , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org List-ID: On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 05:41:04PM -0300, Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote: > On 8/21/07, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 07:35:50PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > > Are there any architectures still requiring a gcc < 4.0 ? > > > > Yes, sadly in some places (embedded) there are people with older > > compiler who want newer kernels. > > Last time I tried a mips build, it would fail the compile unless I was > using _exactly_ 3.4.4 (I didn't tried older versions, but did try > 3.4.6, for ex.). So I also think the 3.4 series will still have to be > around for a while. that's fixed and I'm happiliy building the MIPS tree with gcc 3.3.3. And I would be very unhappy to upgrade all my crosscompiler just because someone thinks nobody build -rc kernel with older compilers. I do. Thomas. -- Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessary a good idea. [ RFC1925, 2.3 ]