| Message ID | a9dc18ece6b62e3ac4ce274b708081a9d16bb6aa.1504431850.git.yann.morin.1998@free.fr |
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| State | Accepted |
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| Series | [1/8] arch: introduce minimal required gcc version | expand |
Hi Yann, All Le 03/09/2017 à 11:44, Yann E. MORIN a écrit : > When an architecture expresses a requirement on the gcc version, limit > the version choice in the custom external toolchain. > > The ratioanle being that there is no point in offering that version to rationale > the user if we know before-hand that the gcc version will not work for > that architecture. > > All versions below the minimum we support is just made conditional to > that minimum as well, including the "older" entry. > > However, this means that the "older" entry is no longer available when > the architecture requires a minimum gcc version. A user who wants to use > a toolchain with a gcc older than the minimum will have no choice but to > realise the toolchain is not suitable (or lie and we would catch that realize > when checking the gcc version anyway). > > Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> > Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> > > --- > Note: this implies that it is no longer possible to use a custom > external toolchain in which a specific core has been back-ported > Thus, this patch may cause regressions in very specific and rare > corner cases. Do we want to support those cases? If yes, then we > should drop this patch. This can be a problem for Linaro toolchains [1] where the GCC support for some new cpu are backported. (Ok this example is moot since Buildroot doesn't support these cpu). Also since BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_XXX is an user choice, we can print a warning instead of completely disabling the gcc version ? Best regards, Romain [1] https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/5.4-2017.05/ > --- > .../toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options | 15 +++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options > index ae343ddad5..eb7c30f171 100644 > --- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options > +++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options > @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CUSTOM_PREFIX > > choice > bool "External toolchain gcc version" > + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_7 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 > + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_6 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_6 > + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_5 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 > + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_9 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 > + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_8 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_3 > help > Set to the gcc version that is used by your external > @@ -29,42 +34,52 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_7 > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_6 > bool "6.x" > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6 > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_5 > bool "5.x" > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_6 > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_9 > bool "4.9.x" > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_8 > bool "4.8.x" > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_7 > bool "4.7.x" > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_6 > bool "4.6.x" > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_6 > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_5 > bool "4.5.x" > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5 > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_4 > bool "4.4.x" > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_4 > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_3 > bool "4.3.x" > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_3 > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_OLD > bool "older" > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > help > Use this option if your GCC version is older than any of the > above. >
Romain, All, On 2017-10-07 11:27 +0200, Romain Naour spake thusly: > Le 03/09/2017 à 11:44, Yann E. MORIN a écrit : [--SNIP--] > > Note: this implies that it is no longer possible to use a custom > > external toolchain in which a specific core has been back-ported > > Thus, this patch may cause regressions in very specific and rare > > corner cases. Do we want to support those cases? If yes, then we > > should drop this patch. > > This can be a problem for Linaro toolchains [1] where the GCC support for some > new cpu are backported. (Ok this example is moot since Buildroot doesn't support > these cpu). On the other hand, we could get a non-working configuration for other external toolchains. And that is not nice to let the user generate a configuration we know if invalid. > Also since BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_XXX is an user choice, we can print a > warning instead of completely disabling the gcc version ? I'll see if I can do something about that. Regards, Yann E. MORIN. > Best regards, > Romain > > [1] https://releases.linaro.org/components/toolchain/binaries/5.4-2017.05/ > > > --- > > .../toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options | 15 +++++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options > > index ae343ddad5..eb7c30f171 100644 > > --- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options > > +++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options > > @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CUSTOM_PREFIX > > > > choice > > bool "External toolchain gcc version" > > + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_7 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 > > + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_6 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_6 > > + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_5 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 > > + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_9 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 > > + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_8 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > > default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_3 > > help > > Set to the gcc version that is used by your external > > @@ -29,42 +34,52 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_7 > > > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_6 > > bool "6.x" > > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 > > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6 > > > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_5 > > bool "5.x" > > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_6 > > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 > > > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_9 > > bool "4.9.x" > > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 > > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 > > > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_8 > > bool "4.8.x" > > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 > > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > > > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_7 > > bool "4.7.x" > > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 > > > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_6 > > bool "4.6.x" > > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_6 > > > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_5 > > bool "4.5.x" > > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5 > > > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_4 > > bool "4.4.x" > > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_4 > > > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_3 > > bool "4.3.x" > > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > > select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_3 > > > > config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_OLD > > bool "older" > > + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 > > help > > Use this option if your GCC version is older than any of the > > above. > > >
diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options index ae343ddad5..eb7c30f171 100644 --- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options +++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CUSTOM_PREFIX choice bool "External toolchain gcc version" + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_7 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_6 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_6 + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_5 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_9 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 + default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_8 if BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 default BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_3 help Set to the gcc version that is used by your external @@ -29,42 +34,52 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_7 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_6 bool "6.x" + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_5 bool "5.x" + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_6 select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_9 bool "4.9.x" + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_8 bool "4.8.x" + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_7 bool "4.7.x" + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_6 bool "4.6.x" + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_6 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_5 bool "4.5.x" + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_5 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_4 bool "4.4.x" + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_4 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_4_3 bool "4.3.x" + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_3 config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GCC_OLD bool "older" + depends on !BR2_ARCH_NEEDS_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 help Use this option if your GCC version is older than any of the above.
When an architecture expresses a requirement on the gcc version, limit the version choice in the custom external toolchain. The ratioanle being that there is no point in offering that version to the user if we know before-hand that the gcc version will not work for that architecture. All versions below the minimum we support is just made conditional to that minimum as well, including the "older" entry. However, this means that the "older" entry is no longer available when the architecture requires a minimum gcc version. A user who wants to use a toolchain with a gcc older than the minimum will have no choice but to realise the toolchain is not suitable (or lie and we would catch that when checking the gcc version anyway). Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> --- Note: this implies that it is no longer possible to use a custom external toolchain in which a specific core has been back-ported Thus, this patch may cause regressions in very specific and rare corner cases. Do we want to support those cases? If yes, then we should drop this patch. --- .../toolchain-external-custom/Config.in.options | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)