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

[Chris Metcalf]

On 1/2/2015 11:17 AM, Joseph Myers 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.

Actually, it also seems that 2.22 is required for x32 support, so it's
probably worth just admitting that if 2.22 is the right thing for x86,
the rest of us can just suck it up and use --with-binutils as needed :-)

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