Linux kernel minimum compiler raised to GCC 5.1, allowing potential C11 use

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Sep 15, 2021 7:12 PM EDT
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Linux creator and maintainer Linus Torvalds has merged a late change to the forthcoming 5.15 kernel code that raises the minimum compiler from GCC 4.9 to 5.1 – which may in future enable use of an updated version of the C programming language, C11.

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