From: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho via Libc-alpha <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>
To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Cc: fweimer@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc64: Document binutils 2.29 requirement
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 22:31:53 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210122013153.1354722-1-tuliom@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
glibc has already been using POWER ISA 3.0b instructions (aka. POWER9)
in many places and already has this undocumented dependency.
---
INSTALL | 6 +++---
manual/install.texi | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index de75e72760..f2e35da589 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -506,9 +506,9 @@ build the GNU C Library:
moment. As of release time, GNU 'binutils' 2.32 is the newest
verified to work to build the GNU C Library.
- For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), 'objcopy' is
- required to support '--update-section'. This option requires
- binutils 2.26 or newer.
+ For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), 'as' is required
+ to support all POWER ISA 3.0b instructions. GNU 'binutils' 2.29 or
+ later is known to work.
ARC architecture needs 'binutils' 2.32 or higher for TLS related
fixes.
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index 8f26bb2a81..77e219e3d0 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -545,9 +545,9 @@ 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{}.
-For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), @command{objcopy} is required
-to support @option{--update-section}. This option requires binutils 2.26 or
-newer.
+For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), @command{as} is required to
+support all POWER ISA 3.0b instructions. GNU @code{binutils} 2.29 or
+later is known to work.
ARC architecture needs @code{binutils} 2.32 or higher for TLS related fixes.
--
2.29.2
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2021-01-22 1:31 Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho via Libc-alpha [this message]
2021-01-22 17:05 ` [PATCH] powerpc64: Document binutils 2.29 requirement Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha
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