Bump gcc baseline to 4.1

diff --git a/open-vm-tools/lib/include/vm_basic_types.h b/open-vm-tools/lib/include/vm_basic_types.h
index fd5b4c2baa209cf22be3f917ef62c0e1ac96d67a..2ee482da33d18f2bbbbd4a8a0a2dffea8bf0b5af 100644 (file)
--- a/open-vm-tools/lib/include/vm_basic_types.h
+++ b/open-vm-tools/lib/include/vm_basic_types.h
@@ -727,14 +727,16 @@ typedef void * UserVA;
 
 /*
  * At present, we effectively require a compiler that is at least
- * gcc-3.3 (circa 2003).  Enforce this here, various things below
+ * gcc-4.1 (circa 2006).  Enforce this here, various things below
  * this line depend upon it.
  *
- * In practice, most things presently compile with gcc-4.1 or gcc-4.4.
- * The various linux kernel modules may use older (gcc-3.3) compilers.
+ * Current oldest compilers:
+ * - guest tools: 4.1.2 (freebsd/solaris)
+ * - buildhost compiler: 4.4.3
+ * - hosted kernel modules: 4.5
  */
-#if defined __GNUC__ && (__GNUC__ < 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3))
-#error "gcc version is too old to compile assembly, need gcc-3.3 or better"
+#if defined __GNUC__ && (__GNUC__ < 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 1))
+#error "gcc version is too old to compile assembly, need gcc-4.1 or better"
 #endif
 
 /*