Re: [PATCH 4/4] arm64: drop binutils version checks

[Will Deacon]

Hi Arnd,

On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 11:41:16AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> Now that gcc-8 and binutils-2.30 are the minimum versions, a lot of
> the individual feature checks can go away for simplification.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  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 +-
>  5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)

Since some of these checks are dynamic (i.e. they try passing various
options to the tools to see if they barf), have you checked that the
minimum supported version of clang implements them all?

Will