On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 at 11:29, <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> wrote: > > From: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lur...@redhat.com> > > Since commit efc6c07 ("configure: Add a test for the minimum compiler > version"), QEMU explicitely depends on GCC >= 4.8. > > (clang >= 3.8 advertizes itself as GCC >= 4.2 compatible)
All clangs always have advertised themselves as gcc-4.2-compatible, as far as I'm aware. 3.4 is the version we need to care about, I think it probably supported __builtin_expect(). (A test of the whole series with gcc 4.8 and clang 3.4 would confirm this.) thnaks -- PMM