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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Bump gcc minimum version to 3.4, 4.1 for x86
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On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:14 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> This patchset bumps the minimum supported gcc version to 3.4 for the
> general kernel, and to 4.1 for x86.
>
> We have had a rash of bug reports related to these really old
> compilers and their associated binutils version lately, and it is
> clear that the support burden of these older compilers is getting to
> be excessive.  If you really want to build a kernel on a system that
> old you can build or obtain an updated gcc/binutils as well.

What version of binutils does this correspond to? It would be nice to
clean up some of the hacks for ancient binutils as well.

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Brian Gerst
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