toolchain: binutils: default to 2.44 and drop 2.40

2.42 has been the default for over a year. 2.44 is well tested by now. While at
it, drop support for 2.40, as it's over two years old.

Signed-off-by: Rui Salvaterra <[email protected]>
Link: openwrt/openwrt#19547
Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <[email protected]>

Author: rsalvaterra

toolchain/binutils/Config.in

@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@
 
 choice
 	prompt "Binutils Version" if TOOLCHAINOPTS
-	default BINUTILS_USE_VERSION_2_42
+	default BINUTILS_USE_VERSION_2_44
 	help
 	  Select the version of binutils you wish to use.
 
-	config BINUTILS_USE_VERSION_2_40
-		bool "Binutils 2.40"
-		select BINUTILS_VERSION_2_40
-
 	config BINUTILS_USE_VERSION_2_42
 		bool "Binutils 2.42"
 		select BINUTILS_VERSION_2_42

toolchain/binutils/Config.version

@@ -1,23 +1,19 @@
 
-config BINUTILS_VERSION_2_40
-	bool
-
 config BINUTILS_VERSION_2_42
-	default y if !TOOLCHAINOPTS
 	bool
 
 config BINUTILS_VERSION_2_43
 	bool
 
 config BINUTILS_VERSION_2_44
+	default y if !TOOLCHAINOPTS
 	bool
 
 config BINUTILS_VERSION_2_45
 	bool
 
 config BINUTILS_VERSION
 	string
-	default "2.40"			if BINUTILS_VERSION_2_40
 	default "2.42"			if BINUTILS_VERSION_2_42
 	default "2.43.1"		if BINUTILS_VERSION_2_43
 	default "2.44"			if BINUTILS_VERSION_2_44

toolchain/binutils/Makefile

@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:gnu:binutils
 
 TAR_OPTIONS += --exclude='*.rej'
 
-ifeq ($(PKG_VERSION),2.40)
-  PKG_HASH:=0f8a4c272d7f17f369ded10a4aca28b8e304828e95526da482b0ccc4dfc9d8e1
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(PKG_VERSION),2.42)
   PKG_HASH:=f6e4d41fd5fc778b06b7891457b3620da5ecea1006c6a4a41ae998109f85a800
 endif