[PATCH v7 13/13] Documentation for ARC port

[Adhemerval Zanella]

On 15/06/2020 17:14, Vineet Gupta via Libc-alpha wrote:
> ---
>  NEWS                | 11 +++++++++++
>  README              |  1 +
>  manual/install.texi |  4 ++++

LGTM, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella at linaro.org>

>  3 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index a660fc59a89e..db65fea8b6ec 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -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.
>  

Ok.

> diff --git a/README b/README
> index 31c5da0405bd..903f07e4840a 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -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

Ok.

> diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
> index c1e49a94fed3..74cb90a91331 100644
> --- a/manual/install.texi
> +++ b/manual/install.texi
> @@ -522,6 +522,8 @@ 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
> @@ -547,6 +549,8 @@ 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
>  
> 

Ok.