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From: Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com>
To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Cc: Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com>,
	linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v6 13/13] Documentation for ARC port
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:41:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200423014126.10417-14-vgupta@synopsys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200423014126.10417-1-vgupta@synopsys.com>

Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>
---
 NEWS                | 9 +++++++++
 README              | 1 +
 manual/install.texi | 4 ++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0e627b34057d..d59c1ffb96e1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ Major new features:
 
 * New locale added: ckb_IQ (Kurdish/Sorani spoken in Iraq)
 
+* Support for Synopsys ARC HS cores (ARCv2 ISA) running Linux.
+
+  Port requires at least
+    - 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+ (64-bit time and offsets)
+
+  Both Little and Big-Endian supported
+
 * The GNU C Library now loads audit modules listed in the DT_AUDIT and
   DT_DEPAUDIT dynamic section entries of the main executable.
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 31c5da0405bd..903f07e4840a 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..e1f15656cdc0 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ 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 or higher is needed.
+
 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 +530,8 @@ 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 or higher for TLS related fixes.
+
 @item
 GNU @code{texinfo} 4.7 or later
 
-- 
2.20.1


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-04-23  1:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-23  1:41 [PATCH v6 00/13] glibc port to ARC processors Vineet Gupta
2020-04-23  1:41 ` [PATCH v6 01/13] ARC: ABI Implementation Vineet Gupta
     [not found]   ` <88508d10-2d29-026a-bb54-ad607154ab87@linaro.org>
2020-05-27 22:15     ` Vineet Gupta
2020-05-29 13:56       ` Adhemerval Zanella
     [not found]     ` <a56a35d4-3e9e-9a88-4be5-8553d5f11ad3@synopsys.com>
     [not found]       ` <87mu5jxkv7.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com>
2020-06-04 19:01         ` Vineet Gupta
2020-06-04 23:56           ` Vineet Gupta
2020-04-23  1:41 ` [PATCH v6 02/13] ARC: startup and dynamic linking code Vineet Gupta
     [not found]   ` <17957ee6-2bc1-f43b-f184-f0703ba2765f@linaro.org>
2020-05-28  1:14     ` Vineet Gupta
2020-04-23  1:41 ` [PATCH v6 03/13] ARC: Thread Local Storage support Vineet Gupta
     [not found]   ` <4f7a67fb-6f96-57e6-b827-d1ab5dd6733f@linaro.org>
2020-05-28  1:36     ` Vineet Gupta
2020-06-01 18:53       ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-04-23  1:41 ` [PATCH v6 04/13] ARC: Atomics and Locking primitives Vineet Gupta
     [not found]   ` <03f4a9b3-b1ca-90fa-0b6a-609a3135267d@linaro.org>
2020-04-24  7:23     ` Vineet Gupta
     [not found]     ` <20200427215938.14136-1-vgupta@synopsys.com>
2020-04-27 22:13       ` [PATCH] semaphore: consolidate arch headers into a generic one Vineet Gupta
     [not found]       ` <ac93c301-36d3-b20a-d31c-50c1f3264c68@linaro.org>
2020-05-05 22:59         ` Vineet Gupta
2020-05-08 13:32           ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-04-23  1:41 ` [PATCH v6 05/13] ARC: math soft float support Vineet Gupta
2020-04-23  1:41 ` [PATCH v6 06/13] ARC: hardware floating point support Vineet Gupta
2020-05-29 14:12   ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-05-29 22:28     ` Vineet Gupta
2020-05-29 23:50       ` Vineet Gupta
2020-06-02 17:51         ` Joseph Myers
     [not found]         ` <07887c48-7e07-9f89-035d-3f336a16f2da@synopsys.com>
2020-06-02 18:13           ` static inline math functions (was Re: [PATCH v6 06/13] ARC: hardware floating point support) Joseph Myers
2020-06-02 18:35             ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-06-05  4:44         ` [PATCH v6 06/13] ARC: hardware floating point support Vineet Gupta
2020-06-05 17:22           ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-06-02 17:48       ` Joseph Myers
2020-04-23  1:41 ` [PATCH v6 07/13] ARC: Linux Syscall Interface Vineet Gupta
2020-05-29 16:49   ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-05-30  2:02     ` Vineet Gupta
2020-06-03 19:46     ` Vineet Gupta
2020-06-03 20:04       ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-06-03 20:17         ` Vineet Gupta
2020-06-04 11:06           ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-04-23  1:41 ` [PATCH v6 08/13] ARC: Linux ABI Vineet Gupta
2020-04-23  1:41 ` [PATCH v6 09/13] ARC: Linux Startup and Dynamic Loading Vineet Gupta
2020-04-23  1:41 ` [PATCH v6 10/13] ARC: ABI lists Vineet Gupta
2020-04-23  1:41 ` [PATCH v6 11/13] ARC: Build Infrastructure Vineet Gupta
2020-06-03 19:58   ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-06-04 15:25     ` Vineet Gupta
2020-06-04 17:05       ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-06-08  4:18         ` Vineet Gupta
2020-04-23  1:41 ` [PATCH v6 12/13] build-many-glibcs.py: Enable ARC builds Vineet Gupta
2020-04-23  1:41 ` Vineet Gupta [this message]
2020-05-04 21:21 ` [PATCH v6 00/13] glibc port to ARC processors Vineet Gupta
2020-05-15  0:45   ` Vineet Gupta
2020-05-27  1:49     ` Vineet Gupta
     [not found]       ` <d7f1176c-87c6-90c6-161c-4705a47837ea@linaro.org>
2020-05-27 18:38         ` Vineet Gupta

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