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Date:   Mon, 20 Aug 2018 14:42:06 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:15:26 -0700
Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:

> +#if GCC_VERSION < 40600
> +# error Sorry, your compiler is too old - please upgrade it.
> +#endif

It seems we could be a little friendlier here?  "Kernel compilation
requires GCC >= v4.6, please upgrade" ?

jon