Re: Conflict between sparse and commit cafa0010cd51f ("Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6")

[Christophe LEROY]

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Le 07/09/2018 Ã 14:22, Christophe Leroy a ÃcritÂ:
> Since commit cafa0010cd51f ("Raise the minimum required gcc version to 
> 4.6"), sparse check fails as follows:
>
> [root@pc16082vm linux-powerpc]# make C=2 arch/powerpc/kernel/process.o
>  Â CALLÂÂÂ scripts/checksyscalls.sh
>  Â CHECKÂÂ scripts/mod/empty.c
> ./include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:14:3: error: Sorry, your compiler is too 
> old - please upgrade it.
>  Â CHECKÂÂ arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
> ./include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:14:3: error: Sorry, your compiler is too 
> old - please upgrade it.
>
>
> I have sparse version 0.5.2
>
> What can be done to fix that ?
>
> Christophe