Re: Build regressions/improvements in v4.18-rc3

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Wed Jul 04 2018 - 00:59:24 EST


Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> writes:

> On 03.07.2018 03:09, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> On 02.07.2018 16:09, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 4:01 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> JFYI, when comparing v4.18-rc3[1] to v4.18-rc2[3], the summaries are:
>>>> ...
>>>
>>> Both of the following are simply happening because of old compiler which is being used:
>>>
>>>>> [Deleted 26903 lines about "warning: ... [-Wpointer-sign]" on parisc-allmodconfig]
>>
>> It's GCC 4.6.3. Are you saying that's not supported anymore?
>>
>> I can update to 8.1.0 if that's more useful.
>
> Yes, please.
> Any version >= 7.2.1 should be better.

OK, done. It's now using 8.1.0 from kernel.org.

Do you want kisskb to email you build failures for parsic in linux-next
and/or Linus' tree?

It only mails when a config goes from working to broken or vice versa,
so shouldn't be too chatty.

cheers