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Date:   Wed, 8 Jul 2020 18:16:08 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To:     "Ahmed S. Darwish" <a.darwish@linutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/20] seqlock: Extend seqcount API with associated
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On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 05:58:13PM +0200, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 05:35:22PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> ...
> >
> > And while the gcc-4.8 code is horrendous crap, the rest should be pretty
> > straight forward and concentrates on the pieces where there are
> > differences.
> >
> 
> Is there any possibility of upgrading the minimum gcc version to 4.9? Is
> there any supported architecture that is still stuck on 4.8?

Upgrading also got mention here:

  https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wgD+q+oDdtukYC74_cDX5i0Ynf0GLhuNe2Faaokejj6fQ@mail.gmail.com

But it didn't get much response.