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| author | Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com> | 2017-11-20 12:46:17 -0800 |
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| committer | Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com> | 2020-07-09 09:31:09 -0700 |
| commit | b4d11c70b157ff27851e73ef05a8eb71253e4d86 (patch) | |
| tree | e10290b481493d58d9ff101aca06444e6e3a64f5 | |
| parent | bd7b247cffcf0df9e7f62a5aefc250e86d68958c (diff) | |
Documentation for ARC portvineet/arc-port-latest
Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | manual/install.texi | 4 |
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ Major new features: * New locale added: ckb_IQ (Kurdish/Sorani spoken in Iraq) +* Support for Synopsys ARC HS cores (ARCv2 ISA) running Linux has been + added. This port requires at least binutils-2.32, gcc-8.3 and Linux-5.1. + Three ABIs are supported: + + - arc-linux-gnu + - arc-linux-gnuhf + - arceb-linux-gnu + + The arc* ABI is little-endian while arceb is big-endian. All ABIs use + 64-bit time (y2038 safe) and 64-bit file offsets (LFS default). + * The GNU C Library now loads audit modules listed in the DT_AUDIT and DT_DEPAUDIT dynamic section entries of the main executable. @@ -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 ea0059a4ec..735e99bb03 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ Library with support for IEEE long double. @c powerpc64le performs an autoconf test to verify the compiler compiles with @c commands like "$CC -c foo.c -mabi=ibmlongdouble -mlong-double-128". +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 @@ -537,6 +539,8 @@ For PowerPC 64-bits little-endian (powerpc64le), @command{objcopy} is required to support @option{--update-section}. This option requires binutils 2.26 or newer. +ARC architecture needs @code{binutils} 2.32 or higher for TLS related fixes. + @item GNU @code{texinfo} 4.7 or later |