From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>,
Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 14:42:06 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180820144206.4e42c9fc@lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <da5620dc7a2b9d33f2a0dd7f4dc3afdab5a66f26.1534795606.git.joe@perches.com>
On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:15:26 -0700
Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> +#if GCC_VERSION < 40600
> +# error Sorry, your compiler is too old - please upgrade it.
> +#endif
It seems we could be a little friendlier here? "Kernel compilation
requires GCC >= v4.6, please upgrade" ?
jon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-20 20:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-20 20:15 [PATCH] Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6 Joe Perches
2018-08-20 20:25 ` Nick Desaulniers
2018-08-20 20:42 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2018-08-20 20:48 ` Joe Perches
2018-08-21 6:55 ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-08-21 19:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-08-21 23:41 ` Nick Desaulniers
2018-08-23 21:52 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-08-23 22:00 ` Nick Desaulniers
2018-08-23 22:00 ` Joe Perches
2018-12-29 14:25 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-12-29 21:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-01-08 14:09 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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