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authorAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>2006-01-08 01:04:09 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-01-08 20:14:02 -0800
commita1365647022eb05a5993f270a78e9bef3bf554eb (patch)
tree6dbcab4db80b7d07fdaec88c003743d1f6e1a289 /Documentation
parentfd285bb54d8a3e99810090ae88cfe8ed77d1da25 (diff)
[PATCH] remove gcc-2 checks
Remove various things which were checking for gcc-1.x and gcc-2.x compilers. From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Some documentation updates and removes some code paths for gcc < 3.2. Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/Changes31
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index 86b86399d61..fe5ae0f5502 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ al espaņol de este documento en varios formatos.
Eine deutsche Version dieser Datei finden Sie unter
<http://www.stefan-winter.de/Changes-2.4.0.txt>.
-Last updated: October 29th, 2002
-
Chris Ricker (kaboom@gatech.edu or chris.ricker@genetics.utah.edu).
Current Minimal Requirements
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ necessary on all systems; obviously, if you don't have any ISDN
hardware, for example, you probably needn't concern yourself with
isdn4k-utils.
-o Gnu C 2.95.3 # gcc --version
+o Gnu C 3.2 # gcc --version
o Gnu make 3.79.1 # make --version
o binutils 2.12 # ld -v
o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version
@@ -74,26 +72,7 @@ GCC
---
The gcc version requirements may vary depending on the type of CPU in your
-computer. The next paragraph applies to users of x86 CPUs, but not
-necessarily to users of other CPUs. Users of other CPUs should obtain
-information about their gcc version requirements from another source.
-
-The recommended compiler for the kernel is gcc 2.95.x (x >= 3), and it
-should be used when you need absolute stability. You may use gcc 3.0.x
-instead if you wish, although it may cause problems. Later versions of gcc
-have not received much testing for Linux kernel compilation, and there are
-almost certainly bugs (mainly, but not exclusively, in the kernel) that
-will need to be fixed in order to use these compilers. In any case, using
-pgcc instead of plain gcc is just asking for trouble.
-
-The Red Hat gcc 2.96 compiler subtree can also be used to build this tree.
-You should ensure you use gcc-2.96-74 or later. gcc-2.96-54 will not build
-the kernel correctly.
-
-In addition, please pay attention to compiler optimization. Anything
-greater than -O2 may not be wise. Similarly, if you choose to use gcc-2.95.x
-or derivatives, be sure not to use -fstrict-aliasing (which, depending on
-your version of gcc 2.95.x, may necessitate using -fno-strict-aliasing).
+computer.
Make
----
@@ -322,9 +301,9 @@ Getting updated software
Kernel compilation
******************
-gcc 2.95.3
-----------
-o <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-2.95.3.tar.gz>
+gcc
+---
+o <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/>
Make
----