Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] build: specify minimum versions of gcc and binutils

[Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>]

On Thu, 2016-02-11 at 12:31 +0000, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 11/02/16 12:23, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@cardoe.com>
> > 
> > To help people avoid having to figure out what versions of gcc and
> > binutils need to be supported document them explicitly.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@cardoe.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
> 
> I would be tempted to abbreviate this to GCC 4.1 and Binutls 2.16,
> unless we specifically know of issues between the release and point
> releases.

I don't mind doing this but if there is any quibbling at all about it then
I would simply go with what is below.

> 
> Either way, Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
> 
> > ---
> > v3: [ijc] Updated version for binutils and include gcc (separately for
> > x86 and ARM in both cases), deferred make to second patch
> > ---
> >  README | 8 ++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/README b/README
> > index 1324c7c..356a350 100644
> > --- a/README
> > +++ b/README
> > @@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ Second, there are a number of prerequisites for
> > building a Xen source
> >  release. Make sure you have all the following installed, either by
> >  visiting the project webpage or installing a pre-built package
> >  provided by your OS distributor:
> > -    * GCC v4.1 or later
> > +    * GCC
> > +      - For x86 4.1.2_20070115 or later
> > +      - For ARM 4.8 or later
> >      * GNU Make
> > -    * GNU Binutils
> > +    * GNU Binutils:
> > +      - For x86 2.16.91.0.5 or later
> > +      - For ARM 2.24 or later
> >      * Development install of zlib (e.g., zlib-dev)
> >      * Development install of Python v2.3 or later (e.g., python-dev)
> >      * Development install of curses (e.g., libncurses-dev)
> 

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@lists.xen.org
http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel