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Adding a warning lets users know without getting in the way of setups where it is okay to use GCC 15 (or is needed.) Signed-off-by: Samuel Rowberry --- v2: - Fixed line wrapping in commit desc Makefile | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 02902bcae..361b5a509 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -720,6 +720,19 @@ endif =20 export KBUILD_MODULES KBUILD_BUILTIN =20 +# Version check on demand because configs can get stale +# This check is GCC-only because that is standard +# and if someone is using a custom setup, then it is +# assumed that their setup works. +ifeq ($(KBUILD_BUILTIN)$(KBUILD_MODULES),11) +ifneq ($(findstring GCC,$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)),) +CURRENT_CC_VERSION :=3D $(shell $(CC) -dumpversion | cut -d. -f1) +ifeq ($(shell expr $(CURRENT_CC_VERSION) \>=3D 15),1) +$(warning "GCC $(CURRENT_CC_VERSION) detected. Please use GCC 11, 12, or 1= 3 for stability.") +endif +endif +endif + ifdef need-config include include/config/auto.conf endif --=20 2.53.0