[Buildroot] [git commit] toolchain-external: update Linaro ARM toolchain

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin at gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

 Thomas> Looking at the linaro download page and the names of the tarballs,
 Thomas> they do co-name their toolchains with the gcc version, at least since
 Thomas> 2013.

 Thomas> gcc-linaro-armeb-linux-gnueabihf-4.8-2013.09_linux.tar.xz
 Thomas> gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2013.04-20130415_linux.tar.xz

 Thomas> So, naming the config options like that may not be such a wild
 Thomas> idea after all.

Indeed.

 Thomas> Of course, we still have to decide whether we want gcc 4.8, 4.7, and
 Thomas> 4.6, or rather larger jumps like
 Thomas> gcc 4.8, 4.4, 4.0 or something like that.

As we support each individual 4.x version between 4.3 and 4.8 for the
internal toolchain (+/- odd architectures) and Linaro is pretty leading
edge, I would say 4.6 -> 4.8.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard