[Xen-changelog] [xen master] build: specify minimum versions of gcc and binutils

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commit cc015d56c395ee2f00fadc9848cf7e258cada454
Author:     Doug Goldstein <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu Feb 11 12:23:41 2016 +0000
Commit:     Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu Feb 11 15:10:41 2016 +0000

    build: specify minimum versions of gcc and binutils
    
    To help people avoid having to figure out what versions of gcc and
    binutils need to be supported document them explicitly.
    
    Signed-off-by: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
 README | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 1324c7c..356a350 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ Second, there are a number of prerequisites for building a 
Xen source
 release. Make sure you have all the following installed, either by
 visiting the project webpage or installing a pre-built package
 provided by your OS distributor:
-    * GCC v4.1 or later
+    * GCC
+      - For x86 4.1.2_20070115 or later
+      - For ARM 4.8 or later
     * GNU Make
-    * GNU Binutils
+    * GNU Binutils:
+      - For x86 2.16.91.0.5 or later
+      - For ARM 2.24 or later
     * Development install of zlib (e.g., zlib-dev)
     * Development install of Python v2.3 or later (e.g., python-dev)
     * Development install of curses (e.g., libncurses-dev)
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