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 GNU make 3.81 make --version binutils 2.23 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version @@ -68,6 +69,15 @@ GCC The gcc version requirements may vary depending on the type of CPU in your computer. +Clang/LLVM (optional) +--------------------- + +The latest formal release of clang and LLVM utils (according to +`releases.llvm.org <https://releases.llvm.org>`_) are supported for building +kernels. Older releases aren't guaranteed to work, and we may drop workarounds +from the kernel that were used to support older versions. Please see additional +docs on :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM <kbuild_llvm>`. + Make ---- @@ -331,6 +341,11 @@ gcc - <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/> +Clang/LLVM +---------- + +- :ref:`Getting LLVM <getting_llvm>`. + Make ---- -- 2.28.0.297.g1956fa8f8d-goog
