Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v8 2/4] GCC plugin infrastructure | From | Andrew Donnellan <> | Date | Thu, 19 May 2016 16:30:23 +1000 |
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On 19/05/16 16:22, Michael Ellerman wrote: >> Did you test the plugins with all gcc versions (4.5-6)? > > What's the concern about gcc versions? Just not breaking the build on old > compilers? > I'm pretty sure powerpc big endian still builds with gcc 4.4.
gcc's plugin support only landed in 4.5, so we don't care about <=4.4.
> However if Andrew's only tested on little endian, then that select should be > guarded with an "if CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN". And to build LE you need gcc >= 4.9.
I'm going to give BE a test too just to be sure.
-- Andrew Donnellan OzLabs, ADL Canberra andrew.donnellan@au1.ibm.com IBM Australia Limited
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