minimum required binutils for ppc32?

What's the minimum required binutils version for ppc32 these days? The debian kernel package ups it from 2.12.1 to 2.12.90.0.7, i.e. from the first 2.12 maintaince release to one of hjl's later releases and I wonder why it does that. Either it's bogus and should be be dropped or we should up

Re: minimum required binutils for ppc32?

On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 11:58:26AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: What's the minimum required binutils version for ppc32 these days? For 2.6, it is 2.12.1 or the corresponding hjl version which knows about 'dssall', for classic (CONFIG_6xx=y) PPC. I don't believe an exact minimum has been

Re: minimum required binutils for ppc32?

Christoph Hellwig writes: What's the minimum required binutils version for ppc32 these days? Whichever version is the first to handle the altivec instructions. The debian kernel package ups it from 2.12.1 to 2.12.90.0.7, i.e. from the first 2.12 maintaince release to one of hjl's later