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

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2025, at 16:20, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 11:41:12AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I am very much in favour of this, so for the series:
>
> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
>
> Is the aim to get this in for v6.15?
>
> I believe this will permit a number of further cleanups for arm64, and
> if it's possible to get this in for v6.15, it'd be a bit easier to start
> preparing those for v6.16. No big problem if that's not the case.

I wasn't planning to push it for 6.15, as we've discussed this change
for a long time already, I don't think there is any rush now, though
I agree it would have helped to have it earlier.

I already found another follow-up, removing support for the sancov
gcc plugin that is no longer needed, I'm sure there is more.

     Arnd