[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] build: specify minimum versions of gcc and binutils

[Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx>

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>
---
v3: [ijc] Updated version for binutils and include gcc (separately for
x86 and ARM in both cases), deferred make to second patch
---
 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)
-- 
2.1.4


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