RFC: Raise required gcc version to 3.2 ?

What is the oldest gcc we want to support in kernel 2.6?

Currently, it's 2.95 .

I'd suggest raising this to 3.2 which should AFAIK not be a problem for 
any distribution supporting kernel 2.6 .

Is there any good reason why we should not drop support for older 
compilers?

cu
Adrian

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