From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>,
linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
kernel-build-reports@lists.linaro.org,
kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] minimum gcc version for kernel: raise to gcc-4.3 or 4.6?
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 10:59:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161220095920.GD4893@osiris> (raw)
Message-ID: <20161220095920.HtozE6c0tJHW_qN3HyaQVbA4M4oCm-E2eqakYFMsU5k@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2778134.jZdhGefl4B@wuerfel>
On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 11:00:27PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday, December 16, 2016 6:00:43 PM CET Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > On 2016-12-16 11:56:21 [+0100], Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > The original gcc-4.3 release was in early 2008. If we decide to still
> > > support that, we probably want the first 10 quirks in this series,
> > > while gcc-4.6 (released in 2011) requires none of them.
> >
> > It this min gcc thingy ARM only?
>
> This is part of the question that I'm trying to figure out myself.
>
> Clearly having the same minimum version across all architectures simplifies
> things a lot, because many of the bugs in old versions are architecture
> independent. Then again, some architectures implicitly require a new version
> because an old one never existed (e.g. arm64 or risc-v), while some other
> architectures may require an old version.
FWIW, s390 requires gcc 4.3 or newer since two years already. For older
compilers we enforce a compile error (see arch/s390/kernel/asm-offsets.c).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-12-20 9:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 84+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-16 10:56 [RFC] minimum gcc version for kernel: raise to gcc-4.3 or 4.6? Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 01/13] [HACK] gcc-4.5: avoid link errors for unused function pointers Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 02/13] KVM: arm: fix gcc-4.5 build Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-04 10:38 ` Christoffer Dall
2017-01-04 10:38 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 03/13] ARM: div64: fix building with gcc-4.5 and lower Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 04/13] vfio-pci: use 32-bit comparisons for register address for gcc-4.5 Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 15:30 ` Alex Williamson
2016-12-16 19:50 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 05/13] clk: pxa: fix gcc-4.4 build Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 06/13] ARM: atomic: " Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 07/13] watchdog: kempld: fix gcc-4.3 build Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 08/13] arm/arm64: xen: avoid gcc-4.4 warning Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 09/13] ARM: mark cmpxchg and xchg __always_inline for gcc-4.3 Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 10/13] asm-generic: mark cmpxchg as " Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 11/13] fs: fix unsigned enum warning with gcc-4.2 Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-03 22:47 ` Brendan Gregg
2017-02-28 21:53 ` Brendan Gregg
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 12/13] KVM: arm: avoid binary number literals for gcc-4.2 Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-04 10:39 ` Christoffer Dall
2017-01-04 10:39 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 13/13] ARM: avoid 'Q' asm constraint for gcc-4.1 and earlier Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 11:14 ` [RFC] minimum gcc version for kernel: raise to gcc-4.3 or 4.6? Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 11:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-16 19:52 ` Kees Cook
2017-04-20 10:15 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-20 19:52 ` Kees Cook
2017-04-20 19:52 ` Kees Cook
2017-04-21 20:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-21 20:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-21 21:05 ` Kees Cook
2017-04-21 21:05 ` Kees Cook
2017-04-22 3:10 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2017-04-22 3:10 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2017-04-22 15:30 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-22 15:30 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-23 20:13 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-23 20:13 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-24 9:44 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-24 9:44 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-24 10:17 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-24 10:17 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-24 14:13 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-24 16:53 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2017-04-24 17:29 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-24 18:16 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-24 18:16 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-24 18:30 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2017-04-24 18:30 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2017-04-24 20:30 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-24 20:52 ` Kees Cook
2017-04-25 7:06 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-25 7:06 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-25 9:22 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2017-04-25 9:22 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2016-12-16 15:54 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-12-16 15:54 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-12-16 19:58 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 19:58 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 20:34 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-12-16 20:34 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-12-16 17:00 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2016-12-16 22:00 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 22:00 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-17 11:29 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2016-12-17 11:29 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-01-02 12:23 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2017-01-02 12:23 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2016-12-20 9:59 ` Heiko Carstens [this message]
2016-12-20 9:59 ` Heiko Carstens
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