Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758915AbZABR7q (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:59:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757705AbZABR7g (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:59:36 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:37542 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757678AbZABR7f (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:59:35 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 09:58:25 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds X-X-Sender: torvalds@localhost.localdomain To: Ingo Molnar cc: David Miller , akpm@linux-foundation.org, rdreier@cisco.com, ian.campbell@citrix.com, jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com, deller@gmx.de, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kyle@mcmartin.ca, randolph@tausq.org, sam@ravnborg.org, dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Disallow GCC 4.1.0 / 4.1.1 In-Reply-To: <20090102174641.GA27287@elte.hu> Message-ID: References: <20081231105425.9ccac21d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20081231.141408.60544902.davem@davemloft.net> <20090102115547.GB3027@elte.hu> <20090102174641.GA27287@elte.hu> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1016 Lines: 25 On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > The gcc3 check for gcc 3.0 and 3.1 can be pushed into gcc3 as well - not > sure whether you fixed that. (i fixed it in the patch i just sent - but i > didnt notice the gcc5 mess in gcc4.h that you fixed) I just dropped it. Gcc 3.0 and 3.1 are so old that we simply don't care. Nobody who has compiled a kernel in the last two years can possibly have those versions: we've failed the build on them since December 2006. And there obviously won't be any new users either. So consider it a generational garbage collection event. Of course, if we really want to check for old compiler versions, we can add the check back (to the gcc3 header file where it belongs), but it does seem to be entirely historical. Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/