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Re: [PATCH] ARM: Remove configure check for binutils 2.21 for ARMv7
- From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf at ezchip dot com>
- Cc: Will Newton <will dot newton at linaro dot org>, <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 16:17:06 +0000
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: Remove configure check for binutils 2.21 for ARMv7
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2015, Chris Metcalf wrote:
> On 1/2/2015 10:59 AM, Joseph Myers wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Jan 2015, Will Newton wrote:
> >
> > > The default required version of binutils has been increased to 2.22
> > > making this check redundant.
> > OK.
>
> Yes, though I'll jump in now to remind folks that I have an outstanding patch
> to drop the binutils minimum back to 2.21 unless there's a specific need for
> 2.22 somewhere. My patch doesn't affect Will's patch, but I thought I'd
> mention it anyway :-)
Well, the point of 2.22 was to ensure AVX2 support; otherwise (if the
copyright assignment comes through in time) the libmvec patches may need
an x86_64-specific binutils version check.
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com