Commit cafa0010cd51 ("Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6")
bumped the minimum GCC version to 4.6 for all architectures.
The GCC version checks in arch/powerpc/Makefile are obsolete now.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masah...@socionext.com>
---
arch/powerpc/Makefile | 38 +-------------------------------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 37 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 11a1acb..57e7358 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -400,40 +400,8 @@ archclean:
archprepare: checkbin
-# Use the file '.tmp_gas_check' for binutils tests, as gas won't output
-# 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 binutils versions:
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 ' ; \
@@ -441,7 +409,3 @@ checkbin:
echo -n '*** Please use a different binutils version.' ; \
false ; \
fi
-
-
-CLEAN_FILES += $(TOUT)
-
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2.7.4
