There are more and more cases where if we do not use gcc-6.0 or later we run into problems where our binaries are too large for the targets. Given the prevalence of gcc-6.0 or later toolchains at this point in time, we give notice now that starting with v2018.01 we will require gcc-6 (or later) for ARM.
Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> --- arch/arm/config.mk | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/config.mk b/arch/arm/config.mk index 907c69371b94..9d305e1f4448 100644 --- a/arch/arm/config.mk +++ b/arch/arm/config.mk @@ -45,7 +45,14 @@ endif # Only test once ifeq ($(CONFIG_$(SPL_)SYS_THUMB_BUILD),y) -archprepare: checkthumb +archprepare: checkthumb checkgcc6 + +checkgcc6: + @if test "$(call cc-name)" = "gcc" -a \ + "$(call cc-version)" -lt "0600"; then \ + echo -n '*** Your GCC is older than 6.0 and will not be '; \ + echo 'supported starting with v2018.01.'; \ + fi checkthumb: @if test "$(call cc-name)" = "gcc" -a \ -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot