4 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions
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@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ $(error Sorry, you need a newer version of the assember, one that is built from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).