Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] minimum gcc version for kernel: raise to gcc-4.3 or 4.6? | Date | Fri, 16 Dec 2016 20:58:08 +0100 |
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On Friday, December 16, 2016 4:54:33 PM CET Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Arnd, > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: > > Specifically on ARM, going further makes things rather useless especially > > for build testing: with gcc-4.2, we lose support for ARMv7, EABI, and > > effectively ARMv6 (as it relies on EABI for building reliably). Also, > > the number of false-positive build warnings is so high that it is useless > > for finding actual bugs from the warnings. > > If you start with that activity now, there's indeed a massive amount of > warnings to look into. > However, I've been build testing various configs with m68k-linux-gnu-gcc-4.1.2 > and looking at the compiler warnings for years, so I only have to look > at new warnings.
What's the reason for sticking with gcc-4.1? Does this actually work better for you than a more recent version, or is it just whatever you installed when you started the build testing?
Arnd
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