toolchain/gcc: use version 7.x for x86 by default

This is needed for retpoline support, which mitigates the spectre attacks. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
6 years ago · 7a97588bc6
parent 65ae02d602
commit 7a97588bc6
2 changed files with 7 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/toolchain/gcc/Config.in
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/Config.in
@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 choice
 	prompt "GCC compiler Version" if TOOLCHAINOPTS
 	default GCC_USE_VERSION_7_1_ARC if arc
+	default GCC_USE_VERSION_7 if x86_64 || i386
 	default GCC_USE_VERSION_5
 	help
 	  Select the version of gcc you wish to use.
--- a/toolchain/gcc/Config.version
+++ b/toolchain/gcc/Config.version
@ -2,9 +2,14 @@ config GCC_VERSION_7_1_ARC
 	default y if (!TOOLCHAINOPTS && arc)
 	bool

+config GCC_VERSION_7
+	default y if GCC_USE_VERSION_7
+	default y if x86_64 || i386
+	bool
+
 config GCC_VERSION
 	string
 	default "arc-2017.09-release"   if GCC_VERSION_7_1_ARC
 	default "6.3.0"         if GCC_USE_VERSION_6
-	default "7.3.0"         if GCC_USE_VERSION_7
+	default "7.3.0"         if GCC_VERSION_7
 	default "5.5.0"