The patch titled
Centralize checking for an acceptable version of gcc
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
centralize-checking-for-an-acceptable-version-of-gcc.patch
This patch was dropped because it hurts
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Subject: Centralize checking for an acceptable version of gcc
From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/compiler.h | 14 +++++++++++---
init/main.c | 18 ------------------
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/compiler.h~centralize-checking-for-an-acceptable-version-of-gcc include/linux/compiler.h
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h~centralize-checking-for-an-acceptable-version-of-gcc
+++ a/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -36,12 +36,20 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const void __io
#ifdef __KERNEL__
-#if __GNUC__ >= 4
+/*
+ * Start with some sanity checking on the version of gcc.
+ */
+
+#if (__GNUC__ < 3) || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 2)
+# error Sorry, your GCC is too old. It builds incorrect kernels.
+#elif __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 1 && __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ == 0
+# warning gcc-4.1.0 is known to miscompile the kernel. A different compiler version is recommended.
+#elif __GNUC__ == 4
# include <linux/compiler-gcc4.h>
-#elif __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 2
+#elif __GNUC__ == 3
# include <linux/compiler-gcc3.h>
#else
-# error Sorry, your compiler is too old/not recognized.
+# error Sorry, your compiler is not recognized.
#endif
/* Intel compiler defines __GNUC__. So we will overwrite implementations
diff -puN init/main.c~centralize-checking-for-an-acceptable-version-of-gcc init/main.c
--- a/init/main.c~centralize-checking-for-an-acceptable-version-of-gcc
+++ a/init/main.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
*
* GK 2/5/95 - Changed to support mounting root fs via NFS
* Added initrd & change_root: Werner Almesberger & Hans Lermen, Feb '96
- * Moan early if gcc is old, avoiding bogus kernels - Paul Gortmaker, May '96
* Simplified starting of init: Michael A. Griffith <grif@xxxxxxx>
*/
@@ -66,23 +65,6 @@
#include <asm/smp.h>
#endif
-/*
- * This is one of the first .c files built. Error out early if we have compiler
- * trouble.
- *
- * Versions of gcc older than that listed below may actually compile and link
- * okay, but the end product can have subtle run time bugs. To avoid associated
- * bogus bug reports, we flatly refuse to compile with a gcc that is known to be
- * too old from the very beginning.
- */
-#if (__GNUC__ < 3) || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 2)
-#error Sorry, your GCC is too old. It builds incorrect kernels.
-#endif
-
-#if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 1 && __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ == 0
-#warning gcc-4.1.0 is known to miscompile the kernel. A different compiler version is recommended.
-#endif
-
static int kernel_init(void *);
extern void init_IRQ(void);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
ppc-remove-dead-code-for-preventing-pread-and-pwrite-calls.patch
viotape-use-designated-initializers-for-fops-member.patch
git-dvb.patch
git-ieee1394.patch
input-delete-useless-reference-to-dead-module_parm-macro.patch
git-kbuild.patch
git-kvm.patch
bluetooth-remove-the-redundant-non-seekable-llseek-method.patch
pcmcia-delete-obsolete-pcmcia_ioctl-feature.patch
git-s390.patch
git-scsi-misc.patch
remove-dead-references-to-module_parm-macro.patch
git-watchdog.patch
remove-the-deprecated-kmem_cache_t-typedef-from-slabh.patch
cris-replace-old-style-member-inits-with-designated-inits.patch
remove-unnecessary-includes-of-spinlockh-under-include-linux.patch
drop-an-empty-isicomh-from-being-exported-to-user-space.patch
remove-apparently-useless-commented-apm_get_battery_status.patch
cobalt-remove-all-references-to-cobalt-nvram.patch
centralize-checking-for-an-acceptable-version-of-gcc.patch
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