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authorNicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>2018-09-14 08:08:52 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2019-01-13 11:51:05 +0300
commit5b59eeba6b00ddceae41e06f363d63bb77b53d7e (patch)
tree5c93356b10214bbf45743b6749f67ba72ce179af
parent668ecd6b17b98cd0c833087049158be957bd52e2 (diff)
downloadlinux-5b59eeba6b00ddceae41e06f363d63bb77b53d7e.tar.xz
powerpc: remove old GCC version checks
commit f2910f0e6835339e6ce82cef22fa15718b7e3bfa upstream. GCC 4.6 is the minimum supported now. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> [nc: Applied to minimize unnecessary conflicts] Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/Makefile31
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index d2824b0cc142..b2f6e078a357 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -408,36 +408,9 @@ archprepare: checkbin
# to stdout and these checks are run even on install targets.
TOUT := .tmp_gas_check
-# Check gcc and binutils versions:
-# - gcc-3.4 and binutils-2.14 are a fatal combination
-# - Require gcc 4.0 or above on 64-bit
-# - gcc-4.2.0 has issues compiling modules on 64-bit
+# Check toolchain versions:
+# - gcc-4.6 is the minimum kernel-wide version so nothing required.
checkbin:
- @if test "$(cc-name)" != "clang" \
- && test "$(cc-version)" = "0304" ; then \
- if ! /bin/echo mftb 5 | $(AS) -v -mppc -many -o $(TOUT) >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then \
- echo -n '*** ${VERSION}.${PATCHLEVEL} kernels no longer build '; \
- echo 'correctly with gcc-3.4 and your version of binutils.'; \
- echo '*** Please upgrade your binutils or downgrade your gcc'; \
- false; \
- fi ; \
- fi
- @if test "$(cc-name)" != "clang" \
- && test "$(cc-version)" -lt "0400" \
- && test "x${CONFIG_PPC64}" = "xy" ; then \
- echo -n "Sorry, GCC v4.0 or above is required to build " ; \
- echo "the 64-bit powerpc kernel." ; \
- false ; \
- fi
- @if test "$(cc-name)" != "clang" \
- && test "$(cc-fullversion)" = "040200" \
- && test "x${CONFIG_MODULES}${CONFIG_PPC64}" = "xyy" ; then \
- echo -n '*** GCC-4.2.0 cannot compile the 64-bit powerpc ' ; \
- echo 'kernel with modules enabled.' ; \
- echo -n '*** Please use a different GCC version or ' ; \
- echo 'disable kernel modules' ; \
- false ; \
- fi
@if test "x${CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN}" = "xy" \
&& $(LD) --version | head -1 | grep ' 2\.24$$' >/dev/null ; then \
echo -n '*** binutils 2.24 miscompiles weak symbols ' ; \