Re: parisc arch makefile clean-up needed [Was: cleaning up "make headers_install" for various architectures]

Sam Ravnborg
2007-10-10T20:40:23Z

>
> Now, compiler.h has some checks like:
>
> #elif __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 2
> # include <linux/compiler-gcc3.h>
> #else
> # error Sorry, your compiler is too old/not recognized.
> #endif
>
> But it doesn't permit us to rule out gcc 3.3 unless we patch compiler.h.
> There's no asm/compiler.h, for example. Obviously, we could put some
> tests for compiler version in arch/parisc somewhere. Where's the right
> place these days?

Good question...
I prefer the solution used by powerpc.
See the checkbin dependency of archprepare:

archprepare: is only triggered when we actually try to build a kernel,
and will not trigger for the said headers_install thing.

Sam