[PATCH] remove gcc-2 checks

Remove various things which were checking for gcc-1.x and gcc-2.x compilers.

From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

    Some documentation updates and removes some code paths for gcc < 3.2.

Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

32 files changed, 37 insertions, 194 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index 86b86399d61d..fe5ae0f55020 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ al espaņol de este documento en varios formatos.
 Eine deutsche Version dieser Datei finden Sie unter
 <http://www.stefan-winter.de/Changes-2.4.0.txt>.
 
-Last updated: October 29th, 2002
-
 Chris Ricker (kaboom@gatech.edu or chris.ricker@genetics.utah.edu).
 
 Current Minimal Requirements
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ necessary on all systems; obviously, if you don't have any ISDN
 hardware, for example, you probably needn't concern yourself with
 isdn4k-utils.
 
-o  Gnu C                  2.95.3                  # gcc --version
+o  Gnu C                  3.2                     # gcc --version
 o  Gnu make               3.79.1                  # make --version
 o  binutils               2.12                    # ld -v
 o  util-linux             2.10o                   # fdformat --version
@@ -74,26 +72,7 @@ GCC
 ---
 
 The gcc version requirements may vary depending on the type of CPU in your
-computer. The next paragraph applies to users of x86 CPUs, but not
-necessarily to users of other CPUs. Users of other CPUs should obtain
-information about their gcc version requirements from another source.
-
-The recommended compiler for the kernel is gcc 2.95.x (x >= 3), and it
-should be used when you need absolute stability. You may use gcc 3.0.x
-instead if you wish, although it may cause problems. Later versions of gcc 
-have not received much testing for Linux kernel compilation, and there are 
-almost certainly bugs (mainly, but not exclusively, in the kernel) that
-will need to be fixed in order to use these compilers. In any case, using
-pgcc instead of plain gcc is just asking for trouble.
-
-The Red Hat gcc 2.96 compiler subtree can also be used to build this tree.
-You should ensure you use gcc-2.96-74 or later. gcc-2.96-54 will not build
-the kernel correctly.
-
-In addition, please pay attention to compiler optimization.  Anything
-greater than -O2 may not be wise.  Similarly, if you choose to use gcc-2.95.x
-or derivatives, be sure not to use -fstrict-aliasing (which, depending on
-your version of gcc 2.95.x, may necessitate using -fno-strict-aliasing).
+computer.
 
 Make
 ----
@@ -322,9 +301,9 @@ Getting updated software
 Kernel compilation
 ******************
 
-gcc 2.95.3
-----------
-o  <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-2.95.3.tar.gz>
+gcc
+---
+o  <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/>
 
 Make
 ----
diff --git a/README b/README
index 61c4f7429233..cd5e2eb6213b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -183,11 +183,8 @@ CONFIGURING the kernel:
 
 COMPILING the kernel:
 
- - Make sure you have gcc 2.95.3 available.
-   gcc 2.91.66 (egcs-1.1.2), and gcc 2.7.2.3 are known to miscompile
-   some parts of the kernel, and are *no longer supported*.
-   Also remember to upgrade your binutils package (for as/ld/nm and company)
-   if necessary. For more information, refer to Documentation/Changes.
+ - Make sure you have at least gcc 3.2 available.
+   For more information, refer to Documentation/Changes.
 
    Please note that you can still run a.out user programs with this kernel.
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 04d3082a7b94..0abbce8c70bc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -23,20 +23,15 @@
 #error Sorry, your compiler targets APCS-26 but this kernel requires APCS-32
 #endif
 /*
- * GCC 2.95.1, 2.95.2: ignores register clobber list in asm().
  * GCC 3.0, 3.1: general bad code generation.
  * GCC 3.2.0: incorrect function argument offset calculation.
  * GCC 3.2.x: miscompiles NEW_AUX_ENT in fs/binfmt_elf.c
  *            (http://gcc.gnu.org/PR8896) and incorrect structure
  *            initialisation in fs/jffs2/erase.c
  */
-#if __GNUC__ < 2 || \
-   (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 95) || \
-   (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 95 && __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ != 0 && \
-                                             __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ < 3) || \
-   (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
+#if (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
 #error Your compiler is too buggy; it is known to miscompile kernels.
-#error    Known good compilers: 2.95.3, 2.95.4, 2.96, 3.3
+#error    Known good compilers: 3.3
 #endif
 
 /* Use marker if you need to separate the values later */
diff --git a/arch/arm26/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/arm26/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 4ccacaef94df..ac682d5fd039 100644
--- a/arch/arm26/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/arm26/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@
 #if defined(__APCS_32__) && defined(CONFIG_CPU_26)
 #error Sorry, your compiler targets APCS-32 but this kernel requires APCS-26
 #endif
-#if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 95)
-#error Sorry, your compiler is known to miscompile kernels.  Only use gcc 2.95.3 and later.
-#endif
-#if __GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 95
-/* shame we can't detect the .1 or .2 releases */
-#warning GCC 2.95.2 and earlier miscompiles kernels.
-#endif
 
 /* Use marker if you need to separate the values later */
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index 968fabd8723f..486449e9e710 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -630,10 +630,6 @@ config REGPARM
         and passes the first three arguments of a function call in registers.
         This will probably break binary only modules.
 
-        This feature is only enabled for gcc-3.0 and later - earlier compilers
-        generate incorrect output with certain kernel constructs when
-        -mregparm=3 is used.
-
 config SECCOMP
         bool "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
         depends on PROC_FS
diff --git a/arch/i386/Makefile b/arch/i386/Makefile
index d121ea18460f..b84119f9cc63 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Makefile
+++ b/arch/i386/Makefile
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2)
 # CPU-specific tuning. Anything which can be shared with UML should go here.
 include $(srctree)/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu
 
-# -mregparm=3 works ok on gcc-3.0 and later
-#
-GCC_VERSION                     := $(call cc-version)
-cflags-$(CONFIG_REGPARM)        += $(shell if [ $(GCC_VERSION) -ge 0300 ] ; then echo "-mregparm=3"; fi ;)
+cflags-$(CONFIG_REGPARM)        += -mregparm=3
 
 # Disable unit-at-a-time mode, it makes gcc use a lot more stack
 # due to the lack of sharing of stacklots.
diff --git a/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu b/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu
index 8e51456df23d..dcd936ef45db 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu
+++ b/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # CPU tuning section - shared with UML.
 # Must change only cflags-y (or [yn]), not CFLAGS! That makes a difference for UML.
 
-#-mtune exists since gcc 3.4, and some -mcpu flavors didn't exist in gcc 2.95.
+#-mtune exists since gcc 3.4
 HAS_MTUNE       := $(call cc-option-yn, -mtune=i386)
 ifeq ($(HAS_MTUNE),y)
 tune            = $(call cc-option,-mtune=$(1),)
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_M386)		+= -march=i386
 cflags-$(CONFIG_M486)           += -march=i486
 cflags-$(CONFIG_M586)           += -march=i586
 cflags-$(CONFIG_M586TSC)        += -march=i586
-cflags-$(CONFIG_M586MMX)        += $(call cc-option,-march=pentium-mmx,-march=i586)
+cflags-$(CONFIG_M586MMX)        += -march=pentium-mmx
 cflags-$(CONFIG_M686)           += -march=i686
 cflags-$(CONFIG_MPENTIUMII)     += -march=i686 $(call tune,pentium2)
 cflags-$(CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII)    += -march=i686 $(call tune,pentium3)
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_MPENTIUM4)	+= -march=i686 $(call tune,pentium4)
 cflags-$(CONFIG_MK6)            += -march=k6
 # Please note, that patches that add -march=athlon-xp and friends are pointless.
 # They make zero difference whatsosever to performance at this time.
-cflags-$(CONFIG_MK7)            += $(call cc-option,-march=athlon,-march=i686 $(align)-functions=4)
-cflags-$(CONFIG_MK8)            += $(call cc-option,-march=k8,$(call cc-option,-march=athlon,-march=i686 $(align)-functions=4))
+cflags-$(CONFIG_MK7)            += -march=athlon
+cflags-$(CONFIG_MK8)            += $(call cc-option,-march=k8,-march=athlon)
 cflags-$(CONFIG_MCRUSOE)        += -march=i686 $(align)-functions=0 $(align)-jumps=0 $(align)-loops=0
 cflags-$(CONFIG_MEFFICEON)      += -march=i686 $(call tune,pentium3) $(align)-functions=0 $(align)-jumps=0 $(align)-loops=0
 cflags-$(CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6)     += $(call cc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_MVIAC3_2)	+= $(call cc-option,-march=c3-2,-march=i686)
 cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_ELAN)       += -march=i486
 
 # Geode GX1 support
-cflags-$(CONFIG_MGEODEGX1)              += $(call cc-option,-march=pentium-mmx,-march=i486)
+cflags-$(CONFIG_MGEODEGX1)      += -march=pentium-mmx
 
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Makefile b/arch/ia64/Makefile
index 67932ad53082..57b047c27e46 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/ia64/Makefile
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ $(error Sorry, you need a newer version of the assember, one that is built from
                 ftp://ftp.hpl.hp.com/pub/linux-ia64/gas-030124.tar.gz)
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(shell if [ $(GCC_VERSION) -lt 0300 ] ; then echo "bad"; fi ;),)
-$(error Sorry, your compiler is too old.  GCC v2.96 is known to generate bad code.)
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(GCC_VERSION),0304)
         cflags-$(CONFIG_ITANIUM)        += -mtune=merced
         cflags-$(CONFIG_MCKINLEY)       += -mtune=mckinley
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S
index bfe65b2e8621..fbc7ea35dd57 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/head.S
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ SET_REG(b5);
          * the clobber lists for spin_lock() in include/asm-ia64/spinlock.h.
          */
 
-#if __GNUC__ < 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
+#if (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
 
 GLOBAL_ENTRY(ia64_spinlock_contention_pre3_4)
         .prologue
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c
index 5db9d3bcbbcb..e72de580ebbf 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/ia64_ksyms.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unw_init_running);
 
 #ifdef ASM_SUPPORTED
 # ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-#  if __GNUC__ < 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
+#  if (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
 /*
  * This is not a normal routine and we don't want a function descriptor for it, so we use
  * a fake declaration here.
diff --git a/arch/ia64/oprofile/backtrace.c b/arch/ia64/oprofile/backtrace.c
index b7dabbfb0d61..adb01566bd57 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/oprofile/backtrace.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/oprofile/backtrace.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ typedef struct
         u64 *prev_pfs_loc;      /* state for WAR for old spinlock ool code */
 } ia64_backtrace_t;
 
-#if __GNUC__ < 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
+#if (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
 /*
  * Returns non-zero if the PC is in the spinlock contention out-of-line code
  * with non-standard calling sequence (on older compilers).
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index abbca150202b..d03f99cf4b7d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -306,9 +306,6 @@ static int raid0_run (mddev_t *mddev)
         printk("raid0 : conf->hash_spacing is %llu blocks.\n",
                 (unsigned long long)conf->hash_spacing);
         {
-#if __GNUC__ < 3
-                volatile
-#endif
                 sector_t s = mddev->array_size;
                 sector_t space = conf->hash_spacing;
                 int round;
@@ -439,9 +436,6 @@ static int raid0_make_request (request_queue_t *q, struct bio *bio)
  
 
         {
-#if __GNUC__ < 3
-                volatile
-#endif
                 sector_t x = block >> conf->preshift;
                 sector_div(x, (u32)conf->hash_spacing);
                 zone = conf->hash_table[x];
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c
index 597b8db35a13..62a7d636ef11 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common.c
@@ -191,9 +191,7 @@ char *v4l2_type_names[] = {
 };
 
 char *v4l2_ioctl_names[256] = {
-#if __GNUC__ >= 3
         [0 ... 255]                      = "UNKNOWN",
-#endif
         [_IOC_NR(VIDIOC_QUERYCAP)]       = "VIDIOC_QUERYCAP",
         [_IOC_NR(VIDIOC_RESERVED)]       = "VIDIOC_RESERVED",
         [_IOC_NR(VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT)]       = "VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT",
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
index f5ef5ea61a05..e8c56a3d9c64 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/masklog.h
@@ -212,11 +212,10 @@ extern struct mlog_bits mlog_and_bits, mlog_not_bits;
         mlog(ML_ENTRY, "ENTRY:\n");                                     \
 } while (0)
 
-/* We disable this for old compilers since they don't have support for
- * __builtin_types_compatible_p.
+/*
+ * We disable this for sparse.
  */
-#if (__GNUC__ > 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)) && \
-    !defined(__CHECKER__)
+#if !defined(__CHECKER__)
 #define mlog_exit(st) do {                                                   \
         if (__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(st), unsigned long))         \
                 mlog(ML_EXIT, "EXIT: %lu\n", (unsigned long) (st));          \
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
index 158829ca56f6..f40d4391fcfc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.h
@@ -30,13 +30,7 @@
  * By comparing each compnent, we don't have to worry about extra
  * endian issues in treating two 32 bit numbers as one 64 bit number
  */
-static
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ == 2) && ( (__GNUC_MINOR__ == 95) || (__GNUC_MINOR__ == 96))
-__attribute__((unused)) /* gcc 2.95, 2.96 miscompile this when inlined */
-#else
-__inline__
-#endif
-xfs_lsn_t       _lsn_cmp(xfs_lsn_t lsn1, xfs_lsn_t lsn2)
+static inline xfs_lsn_t _lsn_cmp(xfs_lsn_t lsn1, xfs_lsn_t lsn2)
 {
         if (CYCLE_LSN(lsn1) != CYCLE_LSN(lsn2))
                 return (CYCLE_LSN(lsn1)<CYCLE_LSN(lsn2))? -999 : 999;
diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/compiler.h b/include/asm-alpha/compiler.h
index 0a4a8b40dfcd..00c6f57ad9a7 100644
--- a/include/asm-alpha/compiler.h
+++ b/include/asm-alpha/compiler.h
@@ -98,9 +98,7 @@
 #undef inline
 #undef __inline__
 #undef __inline
-#if __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1 || __GNUC__ > 3
 #undef __always_inline
 #define __always_inline         inline __attribute__((always_inline))
-#endif
 
 #endif /* __ALPHA_COMPILER_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/processor.h b/include/asm-alpha/processor.h
index 059780a7d3d7..bb1a7a3abb8b 100644
--- a/include/asm-alpha/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-alpha/processor.h
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ unsigned long get_wchan(struct task_struct *p);
 #define spin_lock_prefetch(lock)        do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
-#if __GNUC__ > 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)
 extern inline void prefetch(const void *ptr)  
 { 
         __builtin_prefetch(ptr, 0, 3);
@@ -95,24 +94,4 @@ extern inline void spin_lock_prefetch(const void *ptr)
 }
 #endif
 
-#else
-extern inline void prefetch(const void *ptr)  
-{ 
-        __asm__ ("ldl $31,%0" : : "m"(*(char *)ptr)); 
-}
-
-extern inline void prefetchw(const void *ptr)  
-{
-        __asm__ ("ldq $31,%0" : : "m"(*(char *)ptr)); 
-}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-extern inline void spin_lock_prefetch(const void *ptr)  
-{
-        __asm__ ("ldq $31,%0" : : "m"(*(char *)ptr)); 
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* GCC 3.1 */
-
 #endif /* __ASM_ALPHA_PROCESSOR_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/bug.h b/include/asm-ia64/bug.h
index 3aa0a0a5474b..823616b5020b 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/bug.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/bug.h
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
 #define _ASM_IA64_BUG_H
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BUG
-#if (__GNUC__ > 3) || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)
-# define ia64_abort()   __builtin_trap()
-#else
-# define ia64_abort()   (*(volatile int *) 0 = 0)
-#endif
+#define ia64_abort()    __builtin_trap()
 #define BUG() do { printk("kernel BUG at %s:%d!\n", __FILE__, __LINE__); ia64_abort(); } while (0)
 
 /* should this BUG be made generic? */
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/spinlock.h b/include/asm-ia64/spinlock.h
index 0c91a76c5ea3..9e83210dc312 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/spinlock.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/spinlock.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ __raw_spin_lock_flags (raw_spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long flags)
 {
         register volatile unsigned int *ptr asm ("r31") = &lock->lock;
 
-#if __GNUC__ < 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
+#if (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
 # ifdef CONFIG_ITANIUM
         /* don't use brl on Itanium... */
         asm volatile ("{\n\t"
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/system.h b/include/asm-sparc64/system.h
index b5417529f6f1..309f1466b6fa 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/system.h
@@ -193,11 +193,7 @@ do {						\
          * not preserve it's value.  Hairy, but it lets us remove 2 loads
          * and 2 stores in this critical code path.  -DaveM
          */
-#if __GNUC__ >= 3
 #define EXTRA_CLOBBER ,"%l1"
-#else
-#define EXTRA_CLOBBER
-#endif
 #define switch_to(prev, next, last)                                     \
 do {    if (test_thread_flag(TIF_PERFCTR)) {                            \
                 unsigned long __tmp;                                    \
diff --git a/include/asm-um/rwsem.h b/include/asm-um/rwsem.h
index 661c0e54702b..b5fc449dc86b 100644
--- a/include/asm-um/rwsem.h
+++ b/include/asm-um/rwsem.h
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef __UM_RWSEM_H__
 #define __UM_RWSEM_H__
 
-#if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 96)
-#define __builtin_expect(exp,c) (exp)
-#endif
-
 #include "asm/arch/rwsem.h"
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/asm-v850/unistd.h b/include/asm-v850/unistd.h
index 5a86f8e976ec..82460a7bb233 100644
--- a/include/asm-v850/unistd.h
+++ b/include/asm-v850/unistd.h
@@ -241,9 +241,6 @@
 /* User programs sometimes end up including this header file
    (indirectly, via uClibc header files), so I'm a bit nervous just
    including <linux/compiler.h>.  */
-#if !defined(__builtin_expect) && __GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 96
-#define __builtin_expect(x, expected_value) (x)
-#endif
 
 #define __syscall_return(type, res)                                           \
   do {                                                                        \
@@ -346,20 +343,6 @@ type name (atype a, btype b, ctype c, dtype d, etype e)			      \
   __syscall_return (type, __ret);                                             \
 }
 
-#if __GNUC__ < 3
-/* In older versions of gcc, `asm' statements with more than 10
-   input/output arguments produce a fatal error.  To work around this
-   problem, we use two versions, one for gcc-3.x and one for earlier
-   versions of gcc (the `earlier gcc' version doesn't work with gcc-3.x
-   because gcc-3.x doesn't allow clobbers to also be input arguments).  */
-#define __SYSCALL6_TRAP(syscall, ret, a, b, c, d, e, f)                       \
-  __asm__ __volatile__ ("trap " SYSCALL_LONG_TRAP                             \
-                        : "=r" (ret), "=r" (syscall)                          \
-                        : "1" (syscall),                                      \
-                        "r" (a), "r" (b), "r" (c), "r" (d),                   \
-                        "r" (e), "r" (f)                                      \
-                        : SYSCALL_CLOBBERS, SYSCALL_ARG4, SYSCALL_ARG5);
-#else /* __GNUC__ >= 3 */
 #define __SYSCALL6_TRAP(syscall, ret, a, b, c, d, e, f)                       \
   __asm__ __volatile__ ("trap " SYSCALL_LONG_TRAP                             \
                         : "=r" (ret), "=r" (syscall),                         \
@@ -368,7 +351,6 @@ type name (atype a, btype b, ctype c, dtype d, etype e)			      \
                         "r" (a), "r" (b), "r" (c), "r" (d),                   \
                         "2" (e), "3" (f)                                      \
                         : SYSCALL_CLOBBERS);
-#endif
 
 #define _syscall6(type, name, atype, a, btype, b, ctype, c, dtype, d, etype, e, ftype, f) \
 type name (atype a, btype b, ctype c, dtype d, etype e, ftype f)              \
diff --git a/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h b/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
index 04bd756efc67..e86e4a938373 100644
--- a/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
+++ b/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ extern __be32			htonl(__u32);
 extern __u16                    ntohs(__be16);
 extern __be16                   htons(__u16);
 
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 2) && defined(__OPTIMIZE__)
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__OPTIMIZE__)
 
 #define ___htonl(x) __cpu_to_be32(x)
 #define ___htons(x) __cpu_to_be16(x)
diff --git a/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h b/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h
index 2f1cb775125a..25f7f32883ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h
+++ b/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 /*
  * Allow constant folding
  */
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 2) && defined(__OPTIMIZE__)
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__OPTIMIZE__)
 #  define __swab16(x) \
 (__builtin_constant_p((__u16)(x)) ? \
  ___swab16((x)) : \
diff --git a/include/linux/byteorder/swabb.h b/include/linux/byteorder/swabb.h
index d5f2a3205109..ae5e5f914bf4 100644
--- a/include/linux/byteorder/swabb.h
+++ b/include/linux/byteorder/swabb.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 /*
  * Allow constant folding
  */
-#if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 2) && defined(__OPTIMIZE__)
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__OPTIMIZE__)
 #  define __swahw32(x) \
 (__builtin_constant_p((__u32)(x)) ? \
  ___swahw32((x)) : \
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 152734055403..2e05e1e6b0e6 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -15,3 +15,12 @@
   ({ unsigned long __ptr;                                       \
     __asm__ ("" : "=g"(__ptr) : "0"(ptr));              \
     (typeof(ptr)) (__ptr + (off)); })
+
+
+#define inline          inline          __attribute__((always_inline))
+#define __inline__      __inline__      __attribute__((always_inline))
+#define __inline        __inline        __attribute__((always_inline))
+#define __deprecated                    __attribute__((deprecated))
+#define  noinline                       __attribute__((noinline))
+#define __attribute_pure__              __attribute__((pure))
+#define __attribute_const__             __attribute__((__const__))
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc3.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc3.h
index a6fa615afab5..4209082ee934 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc3.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc3.h
@@ -3,29 +3,12 @@
 /* These definitions are for GCC v3.x.  */
 #include <linux/compiler-gcc.h>
 
-#if __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1
-# define inline         inline          __attribute__((always_inline))
-# define __inline__     __inline__      __attribute__((always_inline))
-# define __inline       __inline        __attribute__((always_inline))
-#endif
-
-#if __GNUC_MINOR__ > 0
-# define __deprecated           __attribute__((deprecated))
-#endif
-
 #if __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3
 # define __attribute_used__     __attribute__((__used__))
 #else
 # define __attribute_used__     __attribute__((__unused__))
 #endif
 
-#define __attribute_pure__      __attribute__((pure))
-#define __attribute_const__     __attribute__((__const__))
-
-#if __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1
-#define  noinline               __attribute__((noinline))
-#endif
-
 #if __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4
 #define __must_check            __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
index 53686c037a06..e913e9beaf69 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
@@ -3,14 +3,7 @@
 /* These definitions are for GCC v4.x.  */
 #include <linux/compiler-gcc.h>
 
-#define inline                  inline          __attribute__((always_inline))
-#define __inline__              __inline__      __attribute__((always_inline))
-#define __inline                __inline        __attribute__((always_inline))
-#define __deprecated            __attribute__((deprecated))
 #define __attribute_used__      __attribute__((__used__))
-#define __attribute_pure__      __attribute__((pure))
-#define __attribute_const__     __attribute__((__const__))
-#define  noinline               __attribute__((noinline))
 #define __must_check            __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
 #define __compiler_offsetof(a,b) __builtin_offsetof(a,b)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index b1e407a4fbda..ca7ff8fdd090 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -316,8 +316,6 @@ extern int randomize_va_space;
 #endif
 
 /* Trap pasters of __FUNCTION__ at compile-time */
-#if __GNUC__ > 2 || __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 95
 #define __FUNCTION__ (__func__)
-#endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/seccomp.h b/include/linux/seccomp.h
index dc89116bb1ca..cd2773b29a64 100644
--- a/include/linux/seccomp.h
+++ b/include/linux/seccomp.h
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@ static inline int has_secure_computing(struct thread_info *ti)
 
 #else /* CONFIG_SECCOMP */
 
-#if (__GNUC__ > 2)
-  typedef struct { } seccomp_t;
-#else
-  typedef struct { int gcc_is_buggy; } seccomp_t;
-#endif
+typedef struct { } seccomp_t;
 
 #define secure_computing(x) do { } while (0)
 /* static inline to preserve typechecking */
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock_types_up.h b/include/linux/spinlock_types_up.h
index def2d173a8db..04135b0e198e 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock_types_up.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock_types_up.h
@@ -22,30 +22,16 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #else
 
-/*
- * All gcc 2.95 versions and early versions of 2.96 have a nasty bug
- * with empty initializers.
- */
-#if (__GNUC__ > 2)
 typedef struct { } raw_spinlock_t;
 
 #define __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED { }
-#else
-typedef struct { int gcc_is_buggy; } raw_spinlock_t;
-#define __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED (raw_spinlock_t) { 0 }
-#endif
 
 #endif
 
-#if (__GNUC__ > 2)
 typedef struct {
         /* no debug version on UP */
 } raw_rwlock_t;
 
 #define __RAW_RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED { }
-#else
-typedef struct { int gcc_is_buggy; } raw_rwlock_t;
-#define __RAW_RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED (raw_rwlock_t) { 0 }
-#endif
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_SPINLOCK_TYPES_UP_H */
diff --git a/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c b/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c
index 679d0ae97e4f..ed81eec6e732 100644
--- a/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c
+++ b/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c
@@ -115,18 +115,11 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(osrun_time, "how many seconds to wait for the ICS2115 OS");
 
 #ifdef WF_DEBUG
 
-#if defined(NEW_MACRO_VARARGS) || __GNUC__ >= 3
 #define DPRINT(cond, ...) \
        if ((dev->debug & (cond)) == (cond)) { \
              snd_printk (__VA_ARGS__); \
        }
 #else
-#define DPRINT(cond, args...) \
-       if ((dev->debug & (cond)) == (cond)) { \
-             snd_printk (args); \
-       }
-#endif
-#else
 #define DPRINT(cond, args...)
 #endif /* WF_DEBUG */