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Re: [PATCH] ARM: Remove configure check for binutils 2.21 for ARMv7
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf at ezchip dot com>, Will Newton <will dot newton at linaro dot org>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 08:18:56 -0800
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: Remove configure check for binutils 2.21 for ARMv7
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- References: <1420202677-3557-1-git-send-email-will dot newton at linaro dot org> <alpine dot DEB dot 2 dot 10 dot 1501021559420 dot 25454 at digraph dot polyomino dot org dot uk> <54A6C37A dot 50102 at ezchip dot com> <alpine dot DEB dot 2 dot 10 dot 1501021615490 dot 25454 at digraph dot polyomino dot org dot uk>
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.
--
H.J.