On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 05:07:40PM +0000, David Laight wrote: > From: Will Deacon > > Sent: 23 January 2020 15:34 > ... > > * Only warn once at build-time if GCC prior to 4.8 is detected... > > > > * ... and then raise the minimum GCC version to 4.8, with an error for > > older versions of the compiler > > If the kernel compiled with gcc 4.7 is likely to be buggy, don't these > need to be in the other order? > > Otherwise you need to keep the old versions for use with the old > compilers. I think it depends how much we care about those older compilers. My series first moves it to "Good luck mate, you're on your own" and then follows up with a "Let me take that off you it's sharp". Will
