Re: [PATCH 1/4] powerpc: Require gcc 4.0 on 64-bit

2012-04-18 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Wed, 2012-04-18 at 09:28 -0500, Kumar Gala wrote: > On Apr 17, 2012, at 11:42 PM, Anton Blanchard wrote: > > > > > Older versions of gcc had issues with using -maltivec together with > > -mcpu of a non altivec capable CPU. We work around it by specifying > > -mcpu=970, but the logic is complic

Re: [PATCH 1/4] powerpc: Require gcc 4.0 on 64-bit

2012-04-18 Thread Kumar Gala
On Apr 17, 2012, at 11:42 PM, Anton Blanchard wrote: > > Older versions of gcc had issues with using -maltivec together with > -mcpu of a non altivec capable CPU. We work around it by specifying > -mcpu=970, but the logic is complicated. > > In preparation for adding more -mcpu targets, remove

[PATCH 1/4] powerpc: Require gcc 4.0 on 64-bit

2012-04-17 Thread Anton Blanchard
Older versions of gcc had issues with using -maltivec together with -mcpu of a non altivec capable CPU. We work around it by specifying -mcpu=970, but the logic is complicated. In preparation for adding more -mcpu targets, remove the workaround and just require gcc 4.0 for 64-bit builds. Signed-