[Buildroot] [PATCH 07/10] gcc: remove versions 4.3.x and 4.6.x
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Thu Jul 10 14:18:57 UTC 2014
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> writes:
> Those gcc series are old and are not used as the default versions for
> any of the architectures we support, so this commit gets rid of them.
> The gcc 4.3.x series technically remains used by the LPC32xx
> defconfigs we have:
> configs/ea3250_defconfig:BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_3_X=y
> configs/fdi3250_defconfig:BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_3_X=y
> configs/phy3250_defconfig:BR2_GCC_VERSION_4_3_X=y
> Back when those defconfigs were introduced, gcc 4.3 was chosen because
> it was the only one capable of building a fully working kernel for
> those ARM-based platforms. However, the original submitter, Alexandre
> Belloni, no longer has access to the hardware platforms, so he is
> unable to test if newer gcc versions have fixed the problem. It
> certainly doesn't make sense to keep gcc 4.3.x just for those three
> boards, so we'll wait for someone actually using those defconfigs to
> complain.
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
Committed, thanks.
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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