Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: add minimum clang/llvm version

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 4:16 AM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Based on a vote at the LLVM BoF at Plumbers 2020, we decided to start
> small, supporting just one formal upstream release of LLVM for now.
>
> We can probably widen the support window of supported versions over
> time.  Also, note that LLVM's release process is different than GCC's.
> GCC tends to have 1 major release per year while releasing minor updates
> to the past 3 major versions.  LLVM tends to support one major release
> and one minor release every six months.
>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes V1 -> V2:
> * fix typo, as per Will.
> * add link to getting LLVM, as per Nathan.
> * collect tags.
>
>  Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst     |  4 ++++
>  Documentation/process/changes.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> index 2aac50b97921..3f10a9c47551 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst
> @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
> +.. _kbuild_llvm:
> +
>  ==============================
>  Building Linux with Clang/LLVM
>  ==============================
> @@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ Getting Help
>  - `Wiki <https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/wiki>`_
>  - `Beginner Bugs <https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22>`_
>
> +.. _getting_llvm:
> +
>  Getting LLVM
>  -------------
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> index ee741763a3fc..dac17711dc11 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils.
>          Program        Minimal version       Command to check the version
>  ====================== ===============  ========================================
>  GNU C                  4.9              gcc --version
> +Clang/LLVM (optional)  10.0.1           clang --version


Just playing a nitpick:
Supporting Clang makes GCC optional, so now
"GNU C (optional)"

:-)


Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada