Is the ARM hf gcc the Linaro version?

["Phil Endecott" <spam_from_debian_arm@chezphil.org>]

Dear Experts,

I was considering downloading the Linaro toolchain to run on my iMX53
board - but then I noticed that the gcc that I already have claims to
be "Debian/Linaro":

$ gcc --version
gcc (Debian/Linaro 4.5.2-5.1) 4.5.2

So, does this already include whatever ARM tweaks the Linaro people
have been adding?

(If so, should this be mentioned in the description, README.Debian, or similar?)


(If anyone's curious, after a short break I'm now working on my iMX53
board again and have got as far as trying to build a kernel; details at
http://chezphil.org/tvcomputer/index.html .)


Cheers,  Phil.