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> -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
