[PATCH] remove gcc-2 checks
Remove various things which were checking for gcc-1.x and gcc-2.x compilers.
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Some documentation updates and removes some code paths for gcc < 3.2.
Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 04d3082..0abbce8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -23,20 +23,15 @@
#error Sorry, your compiler targets APCS-26 but this kernel requires APCS-32
#endif
/*
- * GCC 2.95.1, 2.95.2: ignores register clobber list in asm().
* GCC 3.0, 3.1: general bad code generation.
* GCC 3.2.0: incorrect function argument offset calculation.
* GCC 3.2.x: miscompiles NEW_AUX_ENT in fs/binfmt_elf.c
* (http://gcc.gnu.org/PR8896) and incorrect structure
* initialisation in fs/jffs2/erase.c
*/
-#if __GNUC__ < 2 || \
- (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 95) || \
- (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 95 && __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ != 0 && \
- __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ < 3) || \
- (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
+#if (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
#error Your compiler is too buggy; it is known to miscompile kernels.
-#error Known good compilers: 2.95.3, 2.95.4, 2.96, 3.3
+#error Known good compilers: 3.3
#endif
/* Use marker if you need to separate the values later */
diff --git a/arch/arm26/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/arm26/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 4ccacae..ac682d5 100644
--- a/arch/arm26/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/arm26/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@
#if defined(__APCS_32__) && defined(CONFIG_CPU_26)
#error Sorry, your compiler targets APCS-32 but this kernel requires APCS-26
#endif
-#if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 95)
-#error Sorry, your compiler is known to miscompile kernels. Only use gcc 2.95.3 and later.
-#endif
-#if __GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 95
-/* shame we can't detect the .1 or .2 releases */
-#warning GCC 2.95.2 and earlier miscompiles kernels.
-#endif
/* Use marker if you need to separate the values later */
diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index 968fabd..486449e 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -630,10 +630,6 @@
and passes the first three arguments of a function call in registers.
This will probably break binary only modules.
- This feature is only enabled for gcc-3.0 and later - earlier compilers
- generate incorrect output with certain kernel constructs when
- -mregparm=3 is used.
-
config SECCOMP
bool "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
depends on PROC_FS
diff --git a/arch/i386/Makefile b/arch/i386/Makefile
index d121ea1..b84119f 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Makefile
+++ b/arch/i386/Makefile
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@
# CPU-specific tuning. Anything which can be shared with UML should go here.
include $(srctree)/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu
-# -mregparm=3 works ok on gcc-3.0 and later
-#
-GCC_VERSION := $(call cc-version)
-cflags-$(CONFIG_REGPARM) += $(shell if [ $(GCC_VERSION) -ge 0300 ] ; then echo "-mregparm=3"; fi ;)
+cflags-$(CONFIG_REGPARM) += -mregparm=3
# Disable unit-at-a-time mode, it makes gcc use a lot more stack
# due to the lack of sharing of stacklots.
diff --git a/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu b/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu
index 8e51456..dcd936e 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu
+++ b/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# CPU tuning section - shared with UML.
# Must change only cflags-y (or [yn]), not CFLAGS! That makes a difference for UML.
-#-mtune exists since gcc 3.4, and some -mcpu flavors didn't exist in gcc 2.95.
+#-mtune exists since gcc 3.4
HAS_MTUNE := $(call cc-option-yn, -mtune=i386)
ifeq ($(HAS_MTUNE),y)
tune = $(call cc-option,-mtune=$(1),)
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
cflags-$(CONFIG_M486) += -march=i486
cflags-$(CONFIG_M586) += -march=i586
cflags-$(CONFIG_M586TSC) += -march=i586
-cflags-$(CONFIG_M586MMX) += $(call cc-option,-march=pentium-mmx,-march=i586)
+cflags-$(CONFIG_M586MMX) += -march=pentium-mmx
cflags-$(CONFIG_M686) += -march=i686
cflags-$(CONFIG_MPENTIUMII) += -march=i686 $(call tune,pentium2)
cflags-$(CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII) += -march=i686 $(call tune,pentium3)
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
cflags-$(CONFIG_MK6) += -march=k6
# Please note, that patches that add -march=athlon-xp and friends are pointless.
# They make zero difference whatsosever to performance at this time.
-cflags-$(CONFIG_MK7) += $(call cc-option,-march=athlon,-march=i686 $(align)-functions=4)
-cflags-$(CONFIG_MK8) += $(call cc-option,-march=k8,$(call cc-option,-march=athlon,-march=i686 $(align)-functions=4))
+cflags-$(CONFIG_MK7) += -march=athlon
+cflags-$(CONFIG_MK8) += $(call cc-option,-march=k8,-march=athlon)
cflags-$(CONFIG_MCRUSOE) += -march=i686 $(align)-functions=0 $(align)-jumps=0 $(align)-loops=0
cflags-$(CONFIG_MEFFICEON) += -march=i686 $(call tune,pentium3) $(align)-functions=0 $(align)-jumps=0 $(align)-loops=0
cflags-$(CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6) += $(call cc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@
cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_ELAN) += -march=i486
# Geode GX1 support
-cflags-$(CONFIG_MGEODEGX1) += $(call cc-option,-march=pentium-mmx,-march=i486)
+cflags-$(CONFIG_MGEODEGX1) += -march=pentium-mmx
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Makefile b/arch/ia64/Makefile
index 67932ad..57b047c 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/ia64/Makefile
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
ftp://ftp.hpl.hp.com/pub/linux-ia64/gas-030124.tar.gz)
endif
-ifneq ($(shell if [ $(GCC_VERSION) -lt 0300 ] ; then echo "bad"; fi ;),)
-$(error Sorry, your compiler is too old. GCC v2.96 is known to generate bad code.)
-endif
-
ifeq ($(GCC_VERSION),0304)
cflags-$(CONFIG_ITANIUM) += -mtune=merced
cflags-$(CONFIG_MCKINLEY) += -mtune=mckinley
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S
index bfe65b2..fbc7ea3 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@
* the clobber lists for spin_lock() in include/asm-ia64/spinlock.h.
*/
-#if __GNUC__ < 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
+#if (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
GLOBAL_ENTRY(ia64_spinlock_contention_pre3_4)
.prologue
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c
index 5db9d3b..e72de58 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
#ifdef ASM_SUPPORTED
# ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-# if __GNUC__ < 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
+# if (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
/*
* This is not a normal routine and we don't want a function descriptor for it, so we use
* a fake declaration here.
diff --git a/arch/ia64/oprofile/backtrace.c b/arch/ia64/oprofile/backtrace.c
index b7dabbf..adb0156 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/oprofile/backtrace.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/oprofile/backtrace.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
u64 *prev_pfs_loc; /* state for WAR for old spinlock ool code */
} ia64_backtrace_t;
-#if __GNUC__ < 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
+#if (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
/*
* Returns non-zero if the PC is in the spinlock contention out-of-line code
* with non-standard calling sequence (on older compilers).
