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    SubjectRe: [RFC] minimum gcc version for kernel: raise to gcc-4.3 or 4.6?
    On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
    > How about this approach then:
    >
    > - To keep it simple, we update the README.rst to say that a minimum
    > gcc-4.3 is required, while recommending gcc-4.9 for all architectures
    > - Support for gcc-4.0 and earlier gets removed from linux/compiler.h,
    > and instead we add a summary of what I found, explaining that
    > gcc-4.1 has active users on a few architectures.
    > - We make the Makefile show a warning once during compilation for
    > gcc earlier than 4.3.

    This sounds good to me!

    -Kees

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    Kees Cook
    Pixel Security

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