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| author | Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> | 2006-01-08 01:04:09 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-01-08 20:14:02 -0800 |
| commit | a1365647022eb05a5993f270a78e9bef3bf554eb (patch) | |
| tree | 6dbcab4db80b7d07fdaec88c003743d1f6e1a289 /Documentation | |
| parent | fd285bb54d8a3e99810090ae88cfe8ed77d1da25 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-a1365647022eb05a5993f270a78e9bef3bf554eb.tar.gz lwn-a1365647022eb05a5993f270a78e9bef3bf554eb.zip | |
[PATCH] remove gcc-2 checks
Remove various things which were checking for gcc-1.x and gcc-2.x compilers.
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Some documentation updates and removes some code paths for gcc < 3.2.
Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/Changes | 31 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes index 86b86399d61d..fe5ae0f55020 100644 --- a/Documentation/Changes +++ b/Documentation/Changes @@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ al espaol de este documento en varios formatos. Eine deutsche Version dieser Datei finden Sie unter <http://www.stefan-winter.de/Changes-2.4.0.txt>. -Last updated: October 29th, 2002 - Chris Ricker (kaboom@gatech.edu or chris.ricker@genetics.utah.edu). Current Minimal Requirements @@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ necessary on all systems; obviously, if you don't have any ISDN hardware, for example, you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils. -o Gnu C 2.95.3 # gcc --version +o Gnu C 3.2 # gcc --version o Gnu make 3.79.1 # make --version o binutils 2.12 # ld -v o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version @@ -74,26 +72,7 @@ GCC --- The gcc version requirements may vary depending on the type of CPU in your -computer. The next paragraph applies to users of x86 CPUs, but not -necessarily to users of other CPUs. Users of other CPUs should obtain -information about their gcc version requirements from another source. - -The recommended compiler for the kernel is gcc 2.95.x (x >= 3), and it -should be used when you need absolute stability. You may use gcc 3.0.x -instead if you wish, although it may cause problems. Later versions of gcc -have not received much testing for Linux kernel compilation, and there are -almost certainly bugs (mainly, but not exclusively, in the kernel) that -will need to be fixed in order to use these compilers. In any case, using -pgcc instead of plain gcc is just asking for trouble. - -The Red Hat gcc 2.96 compiler subtree can also be used to build this tree. -You should ensure you use gcc-2.96-74 or later. gcc-2.96-54 will not build -the kernel correctly. - -In addition, please pay attention to compiler optimization. Anything -greater than -O2 may not be wise. Similarly, if you choose to use gcc-2.95.x -or derivatives, be sure not to use -fstrict-aliasing (which, depending on -your version of gcc 2.95.x, may necessitate using -fno-strict-aliasing). +computer. Make ---- @@ -322,9 +301,9 @@ Getting updated software Kernel compilation ****************** -gcc 2.95.3 ----------- -o <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-2.95.3.tar.gz> +gcc +--- +o <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/> Make ---- |