Update Documentation for the gcc v4.9 upgrade requirement.
Fixes: 5429ef62bcf3 ("compiler/gcc: Raise minimum GCC version for kernel builds to 4.8")
Fixes: 6ec4476ac825 ("Raise gcc version requirement to 4.9")
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Compiling the kernel
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- - Make sure you have at least gcc 4.6 available.
+ - Make sure you have at least gcc 4.9 available.
For more information, refer to :ref:`Documentation/process/changes.rst <changes>`.
Please note that you can still run a.out user programs with this kernel.
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Program Minimal version Command to check the version
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-GNU C 4.8 gcc --version
+GNU C 4.9 gcc --version
GNU make 3.81 make --version
binutils 2.23 ld -v
flex 2.5.35 flex --version