[PATCH] ARM: Remove configure check for binutils 2.21 for ARMv7

[H.J. Lu]

On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> 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.

I was told that Intel recently signed a blanket assignment with FSF.
Can someone
check it?

Thanks.


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H.J.