From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: mingo@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Force asm-goto
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:45:54 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180320094554.2bc49dea@lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180319154717.652679334@infradead.org>
On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 16:41:25 +0100
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> A primary prerequisite for this is of course that the compiler
> supports asm-goto. This effecively lifts the minimum GCC version to
> build an x86 kernel to gcc-4.5.
Given that, how about a patch to Documentation/Changes to reflect the new
reality? It's not in RST yet, so you should be able to go there without
ill effect :)
Thanks,
jon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-20 15:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-19 15:41 [PATCH 0/2] x86: Mandate asm-goto support Peter Zijlstra
2018-03-19 15:41 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: Force asm-goto Peter Zijlstra
2018-03-19 19:57 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-03-19 20:13 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-03-20 10:00 ` [tip:x86/build] " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2018-03-27 16:43 ` [PATCH 1/2] " Anders Roxell
2018-03-20 15:45 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2018-03-20 15:50 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-03-20 18:44 ` Jonathan Corbet
2018-03-22 12:10 ` Pavel Machek
2018-03-19 15:41 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86: Remove FAST_FEATURE_TESTS Peter Zijlstra
2018-03-20 10:01 ` [tip:x86/build] " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
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