On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 01:28:45PM -0700, Vineet Gupta wrote: > On 09/06/2016 01:22 PM, Vineet Gupta wrote: > > > Not "we need to support gcc6 for > > > old kernels", as really, if someone wants to update userspace, they > > > don't update their kernel? > > FWIW, I'm not arguing for the backport inclusion - I'm just trying to explain > the > context more. > > Thing is your regular user/customer don't really care/know about these > details. So > there are tools bugs and more often than not the easy answer for tools > providers > is "this is a known issue in gcc x.y which has been fixed in gcc x2.y2 so > consider > upgrading". So it is for such class of users that having such backports makes > life > a little easy.
That's fine, but who would be upgrading their userspace gcc and then wanting to rebuild their kernel for an old kernel release? What prevents them from also updating their kernel? I understand the context, I'm just trying to say that this really is a "new feature" you are wanting here from what I can tell. I'd recommend just having people upgrade their kernel :) thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ linux-snps-arc mailing list linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-snps-arc
