From 5429ef62bcf360aae06740cbe065be01e5cfb6fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Deacon Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:38:21 +0000 Subject: compiler/gcc: Raise minimum GCC version for kernel builds to 4.8 It is very rare to see versions of GCC prior to 4.8 being used to build the mainline kernel. These old compilers are also know to have codegen issues which can lead to silent miscompilation: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58145 Raise the minimum GCC version for kernel build to 4.8 and remove some tautological Kconfig dependencies as a consequence. Cc: Masahiro Yamada Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers Signed-off-by: Will Deacon --- Documentation/process/changes.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/process') diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index 91c5ff8e161e..5cfb54c2aaa6 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils. ====================== =============== ======================================== Program Minimal version Command to check the version ====================== =============== ======================================== -GNU C 4.6 gcc --version +GNU C 4.8 gcc --version GNU make 3.81 make --version binutils 2.23 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version -- cgit v1.2.3