Re: [PATCH 3/3] powerpc: enable support for GCC plugins

[Andrew Donnellan]

On 06/12/16 17:28, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> Enable support for GCC plugins on powerpc.
>
> Add an additional version check in gcc-plugins-check to advise users to
> upgrade to gcc 5.2+ on powerpc to avoid issues with header files (gcc <=
> 4.6) or missing copies of rs6000-cpus.def (4.8 to 5.1 on 64-bit targets).
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> Open to bikeshedding on the gcc version check.
>
> Compile tested with all plugins enabled on gcc 4.6-6.2,
> x86->ppc{32,64,64le} and 4.8-6.2 ppc64le->ppc{32,64,64le}. Thanks to
> Chris Smart for help with this.
>
> I think it's best to take this through powerpc#next with an ACK from
> Kees/Emese?
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/Kconfig         | 1 +
>  scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins | 8 ++++++++

Will respin with an update to Documentation/gcc-plugins.txt as well.

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Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
andrew.donnellan@xxxxxxxxxxx  IBM Australia Limited