Re: [PATCH v2 05/13] qemu-plugin.h: remove GCC < 4

[Peter Maydell]

On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 at 12:12, Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 11:57:14AM +0000, Peter Maydell wrote:
> > This is an interesting case, because it's a header intended
> > for external use (people compiling plugins), not part of
> > QEMU proper. I don't know whether we want to impose the
> > same clang/gcc requirements on plugin builders, though it's
> > probably not a bad idea to do so. Alex ?
>
> IIUC, we expect that the plugins are built specifically to go with
> the QEMU you have built.

No, the point of the plugin interface is that it actually is
a (constrained) stable ABI with version-querying and checking
so you don't have to build a plugin against the exact matching
QEMU version. (But "don't use really ancient gcc" doesn't seem
like a very major thing to ask of its users.)

thanks
-- PMM