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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:45:54 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Force asm-goto
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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