[PATCH 0/4] Make gcc-8.1 and binutils-2.30 the minimum version

[Arnd Bergmann]

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

x86 already requires gcc-8.1 since linux-6.15-rc1, which led me to
actually go through all  version checks and make this is the minimum
for all architectures.

Most of the actual resulting changes are actually for raising the
binutils version, which eliminates version checks on x86 and arm64.

Arnd Bergmann (4):
  kbuild: require gcc-8 and binutils-2.30
  raid6: skip avx512 checks
  x86: remove checks for binutils-2.30 and earlier
  arm64: drop binutils version checks

Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx

 Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst          |  2 +-
 Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst            |  4 +-
 Documentation/process/changes.rst             |  4 +-
 .../translations/it_IT/process/changes.rst    |  4 +-
 .../translations/zh_CN/admin-guide/README.rst |  2 +-
 arch/arm64/Kconfig                            | 37 +--------------
 arch/arm64/Makefile                           | 21 +--------
 arch/arm64/include/asm/rwonce.h               |  4 --
 arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig                        |  1 -
 arch/arm64/lib/xor-neon.c                     |  2 +-
 arch/um/Makefile                              |  4 +-
 arch/x86/Kconfig.assembler                    | 29 ------------
 arch/x86/crypto/Kconfig                       |  2 +-
 arch/x86/crypto/Makefile                      | 12 +++--
 arch/x86/crypto/aes-ctr-avx-x86_64.S          |  2 -
 arch/x86/crypto/aes-xts-avx-x86_64.S          |  2 -
 arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c            | 21 +--------
 arch/x86/crypto/aria-aesni-avx-asm_64.S       | 10 -----
 arch/x86/crypto/aria-aesni-avx2-asm_64.S      | 10 +----
 arch/x86/crypto/aria_aesni_avx2_glue.c        |  4 +-
 arch/x86/crypto/aria_aesni_avx_glue.c         |  4 +-
 arch/x86/crypto/blake2s-core.S                |  4 --
 arch/x86/crypto/blake2s-glue.c                |  6 +--
 arch/x86/crypto/chacha_glue.c                 |  6 +--
 arch/x86/crypto/poly1305-x86_64-cryptogams.pl |  8 ----
 arch/x86/crypto/poly1305_glue.c               |  4 +-
 arch/x86/crypto/sha1_ssse3_glue.c             | 10 -----
 arch/x86/crypto/sha256_ssse3_glue.c           | 10 -----
 include/linux/unroll.h                        |  4 +-
 kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c                         |  4 --
 lib/raid6/algos.c                             |  6 ---
 lib/raid6/avx512.c                            |  4 --
 lib/raid6/recov_avx512.c                      |  6 ---
 lib/raid6/test/Makefile                       |  3 --
 lib/test_fortify/Makefile                     |  5 +--
 scripts/Makefile.compiler                     |  2 +-
 scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-common.h              | 45 -------------------
 scripts/min-tool-version.sh                   |  6 +--
 38 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 278 deletions(-)

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