[PATCH] Abandon gcc-2.95.x

There's one scsi driver which doesn't compile due to weird __VA_ARGS__ tricks
and the rather useful scsi/sd.c is currently getting an ICE.  None of the new
SAS code compiles, due to extensive use of anonymous unions.  The V4L guys are
very good at exploiting the gcc-2.95.x macro expansion bug (_why_ does each
driver need to implement its own debug macros?) and various people keep on
sneaking in anonymous unions, which are rather nice.

Plus anonymous unions are rather useful.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc2.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc2.h
deleted file mode 100644 (file)
index ebed176..0000000
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc2.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/* Never include this file directly.  Include <linux/compiler.h> instead.  */
-
-/* These definitions are for GCC v2.x.  */
-
-/* Somewhere in the middle of the GCC 2.96 development cycle, we implemented
-   a mechanism by which the user can annotate likely branch directions and
-   expect the blocks to be reordered appropriately.  Define __builtin_expect
-   to nothing for earlier compilers.  */
-#include <linux/compiler-gcc.h>
-
-#if __GNUC_MINOR__ < 96
-# define __builtin_expect(x, expected_value) (x)
-#endif
-
-#define __attribute_used__     __attribute__((__unused__))
-
-/*
- * The attribute `pure' is not implemented in GCC versions earlier
- * than 2.96.
- */
-#if __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 96
-# define __attribute_pure__    __attribute__((pure))
-# define __attribute_const__   __attribute__((__const__))
-#endif
-
-/* GCC 2.95.x/2.96 recognize __va_copy, but not va_copy. Actually later GCC's
- * define both va_copy and __va_copy, but the latter may go away, so limit this
- * to this header */
-#define va_copy                        __va_copy

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index d7378215b8514fdc0a960394a2b1b523fab9dda5..f23d3c6fc2c06ea9766ec18a8580f1de5234975e 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(void __iomem *);
 # include <linux/compiler-gcc4.h>
 #elif __GNUC__ == 3
 # include <linux/compiler-gcc3.h>
-#elif __GNUC__ == 2
-# include <linux/compiler-gcc2.h>
 #else
 # error Sorry, your compiler is too old/not recognized.
 #endif

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index afe5eb84ad52fe35c5862f9adda94a1d9100a771..8342c2890b16dd364f9222855e9a6bb7b5b8fc7d 100644 (file)
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@
  * This is one of the first .c files built. Error out early
  * if we have compiler trouble..
  */
-#if __GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 96
-#ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
-#error This compiler cannot compile correctly with frame pointers enabled
-#endif
-#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 #include <asm/smp.h>
@@ -74,7 +69,7 @@
  * To avoid associated bogus bug reports, we flatly refuse to compile
  * with a gcc that is known to be too old from the very beginning.
  */
-#if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 95)
+#if (__GNUC__ < 3) || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 2)
 #error Sorry, your GCC is too old. It builds incorrect kernels.
 #endif