Message ID | 20200313030419.15843-16-vgupta@synopsys.com |
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State | New |
Headers | show |
Series | glibc port to ARC processors | expand |
On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, Vineet Gupta via Libc-alpha wrote: > +* Support for ARC HS cores running Linux has been contributed by Synopsys. > + > + Port requires atleast > + - binutils-2.32 (binutils-2_31-branch: commit 6ce881c15fc4, 2018-10-04) > + - gcc 8.3 (gcc-8-stable: commit 0d5ba57508c5, 2019-01-29) > + - Linux kernel 5.1+ > + > + ISA: ARCv2 > + ABI: 32-bit, soft-float, LE: /lib/ld-linux-arc.so.2 (compatible with > + hard-float builds) I don't think the default of the dynamic linker name etc. (which should go on https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/ABIList) belong in the NEWS entry.
On 3/27/20 3:49 PM, Joseph Myers wrote: > On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, Vineet Gupta via Libc-alpha wrote: > >> +* Support for ARC HS cores running Linux has been contributed by Synopsys. >> + >> + Port requires atleast >> + - binutils-2.32 (binutils-2_31-branch: commit 6ce881c15fc4, 2018-10-04) >> + - gcc 8.3 (gcc-8-stable: commit 0d5ba57508c5, 2019-01-29) >> + - Linux kernel 5.1+ >> + >> + ISA: ARCv2 >> + ABI: 32-bit, soft-float, LE: /lib/ld-linux-arc.so.2 (compatible with >> + hard-float builds) > I don't think the default of the dynamic linker name etc. (which should go > on https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/ABIList) belong in the NEWS entry. OK, at the time port is ready and about to be committed or now ?
On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, Vineet Gupta via Libc-alpha wrote: > On 3/27/20 3:49 PM, Joseph Myers wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Mar 2020, Vineet Gupta via Libc-alpha wrote: > > > >> +* Support for ARC HS cores running Linux has been contributed by Synopsys. > >> + > >> + Port requires atleast > >> + - binutils-2.32 (binutils-2_31-branch: commit 6ce881c15fc4, 2018-10-04) > >> + - gcc 8.3 (gcc-8-stable: commit 0d5ba57508c5, 2019-01-29) > >> + - Linux kernel 5.1+ > >> + > >> + ISA: ARCv2 > >> + ABI: 32-bit, soft-float, LE: /lib/ld-linux-arc.so.2 (compatible with > >> + hard-float builds) > > I don't think the default of the dynamic linker name etc. (which should go > > on https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/ABIList) belong in the NEWS entry. > > OK, at the time port is ready and about to be committed or now ? I think the wiki should be updated at the time the port is committed. https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/NewPorts lists all the wiki pages that should be updated (MAINTAINERS, ABIList, PortStatus, Release/X.Y and the copy for the next release).
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b03681eb1462..fd1ef4f56429 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ Major new features: - rv32imafdc ilp32 - rv32imafdc ilp32d +* Support for ARC HS cores running Linux has been contributed by Synopsys. + + Port requires atleast + - binutils-2.32 (binutils-2_31-branch: commit 6ce881c15fc4, 2018-10-04) + - gcc 8.3 (gcc-8-stable: commit 0d5ba57508c5, 2019-01-29) + - Linux kernel 5.1+ + + ISA: ARCv2 + ABI: 32-bit, soft-float, LE: /lib/ld-linux-arc.so.2 (compatible with + hard-float builds) + Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: [Add deprecations, removals and changes affecting compatibility here] diff --git a/README b/README index cee86ab178cf..73b4f9f3c907 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ The GNU C Library supports these configurations for using Linux kernels: aarch64*-*-linux-gnu alpha*-*-linux-gnu + arc-*-linux-gnu arm-*-linux-gnueabi csky-*-linux-gnuabiv2 hppa-*-linux-gnu diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index 71bf47cac659..c4b11e4e7973 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -507,6 +507,9 @@ the newest version of the compiler that is known to work for building release time, GCC 9.2.1 is the newest compiler verified to work to build @theglibc{}. +For ARC architecture builds, GCC 8.3 is needed which has the necessary +fixes to support @theglibc{}. + For multi-arch support it is recommended to use a GCC which has been built with support for GNU indirect functions. This ensures that correct debugging information is generated for functions selected by IFUNC resolvers. This @@ -528,6 +531,8 @@ No other assembler or linker has the necessary functionality at the moment. As of release time, GNU @code{binutils} 2.32 is the newest verified to work to build @theglibc{}. +ARC architecture needs @code{binutils} 2.32 for TLS related fixes. + @item GNU @code{texinfo} 4.7 or later
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com> --- NEWS | 11 +++++++++++ README | 1 + manual/install.texi | 5 +++++ 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+)