Re: [RFC] Increase Minimal GNU Make version for Linux Kernel from 3.80 to 3.81

2017-05-03 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 11:46 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > From the above, I'd like to propose to increase the minimal version of > GNU Make to 3.81. Ack. >From earlier (uinrelated) discussion, I think we have other cases where the "minimum recommended" may not

Re: [RFC] Increase Minimal GNU Make version for Linux Kernel from 3.80 to 3.81

2017-05-03 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 11:46 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > From the above, I'd like to propose to increase the minimal version of > GNU Make to 3.81. Ack. >From earlier (uinrelated) discussion, I think we have other cases where the "minimum recommended" may not be true (even gcc - it might be

Re: [RFC] Increase Minimal GNU Make version for Linux Kernel from 3.80 to 3.81

2017-05-03 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 03.05.17 at 15:29, wrote: > On 2017-05-03 08:46, Masahiro Yamada wrote: >> Hello Linus and Kbuild developers. >> >> >> Documentation/process/changes.rst says the minimal version >> of GNU Make is 3.80, but actually building the kernel >> with this version has been broken

Re: [RFC] Increase Minimal GNU Make version for Linux Kernel from 3.80 to 3.81

2017-05-03 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 03.05.17 at 15:29, wrote: > On 2017-05-03 08:46, Masahiro Yamada wrote: >> Hello Linus and Kbuild developers. >> >> >> Documentation/process/changes.rst says the minimal version >> of GNU Make is 3.80, but actually building the kernel >> with this version has been broken for a long time.

Re: [RFC] Increase Minimal GNU Make version for Linux Kernel from 3.80 to 3.81

2017-05-03 Thread Michal Marek
On 2017-05-03 08:46, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Hello Linus and Kbuild developers. > > > Documentation/process/changes.rst says the minimal version > of GNU Make is 3.80, but actually building the kernel > with this version has been broken for a long time. > > Specifically, it got broken by

Re: [RFC] Increase Minimal GNU Make version for Linux Kernel from 3.80 to 3.81

2017-05-03 Thread Michal Marek
On 2017-05-03 08:46, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Hello Linus and Kbuild developers. > > > Documentation/process/changes.rst says the minimal version > of GNU Make is 3.80, but actually building the kernel > with this version has been broken for a long time. > > Specifically, it got broken by

Re: [RFC] Increase Minimal GNU Make version for Linux Kernel from 3.80 to 3.81

2017-05-03 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, May 03, 2017 at 03:46:11PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Hello Linus and Kbuild developers. > > > Documentation/process/changes.rst says the minimal version > of GNU Make is 3.80, but actually building the kernel > with this version has been broken for a long time. > > Specifically,

Re: [RFC] Increase Minimal GNU Make version for Linux Kernel from 3.80 to 3.81

2017-05-03 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, May 03, 2017 at 03:46:11PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Hello Linus and Kbuild developers. > > > Documentation/process/changes.rst says the minimal version > of GNU Make is 3.80, but actually building the kernel > with this version has been broken for a long time. > > Specifically,

[RFC] Increase Minimal GNU Make version for Linux Kernel from 3.80 to 3.81

2017-05-03 Thread Masahiro Yamada
Hello Linus and Kbuild developers. Documentation/process/changes.rst says the minimal version of GNU Make is 3.80, but actually building the kernel with this version has been broken for a long time. Specifically, it got broken by commit c8589d1e9e01 (i.e. Linux 3.18). Sorry, it's me who broke

[RFC] Increase Minimal GNU Make version for Linux Kernel from 3.80 to 3.81

2017-05-03 Thread Masahiro Yamada
Hello Linus and Kbuild developers. Documentation/process/changes.rst says the minimal version of GNU Make is 3.80, but actually building the kernel with this version has been broken for a long time. Specifically, it got broken by commit c8589d1e9e01 (i.e. Linux 3.18). Sorry, it's me who broke