4.19-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Nicholas Piggin npiggin@gmail.com
commit f2910f0e6835339e6ce82cef22fa15718b7e3bfa upstream.
GCC 4.6 is the minimum supported now.
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin npiggin@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Joel Stanley joel@jms.id.au Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman mpe@ellerman.id.au [nc: Applied to minimize unnecessary conflicts] Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor natechancellor@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- arch/powerpc/Makefile | 31 ++----------------------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile +++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile @@ -408,36 +408,9 @@ archprepare: checkbin # to stdout and these checks are run even on install targets. TOUT := .tmp_gas_check
-# Check gcc and binutils versions: -# - gcc-3.4 and binutils-2.14 are a fatal combination -# - Require gcc 4.0 or above on 64-bit -# - gcc-4.2.0 has issues compiling modules on 64-bit +# Check toolchain versions: +# - gcc-4.6 is the minimum kernel-wide version so nothing required. checkbin: - @if test "$(cc-name)" != "clang" \ - && test "$(cc-version)" = "0304" ; then \ - if ! /bin/echo mftb 5 | $(AS) -v -mppc -many -o $(TOUT) >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then \ - echo -n '*** ${VERSION}.${PATCHLEVEL} kernels no longer build '; \ - echo 'correctly with gcc-3.4 and your version of binutils.'; \ - echo '*** Please upgrade your binutils or downgrade your gcc'; \ - false; \ - fi ; \ - fi - @if test "$(cc-name)" != "clang" \ - && test "$(cc-version)" -lt "0400" \ - && test "x${CONFIG_PPC64}" = "xy" ; then \ - echo -n "Sorry, GCC v4.0 or above is required to build " ; \ - echo "the 64-bit powerpc kernel." ; \ - false ; \ - fi - @if test "$(cc-name)" != "clang" \ - && test "$(cc-fullversion)" = "040200" \ - && test "x${CONFIG_MODULES}${CONFIG_PPC64}" = "xyy" ; then \ - echo -n '*** GCC-4.2.0 cannot compile the 64-bit powerpc ' ; \ - echo 'kernel with modules enabled.' ; \ - echo -n '*** Please use a different GCC version or ' ; \ - echo 'disable kernel modules' ; \ - false ; \ - fi @if test "x${CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN}" = "xy" \ && $(LD) --version | head -1 | grep ' 2.24$$' >/dev/null ; then \ echo -n '*** binutils 2.24 miscompiles weak symbols ' ; \