From ce7cb109ff429bcdca03fccfc444b610c6cb528b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobias Burnus <tburnus@baylibre.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 14:16:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] GCN: install.texi update for Newlib change and LLVM 18
release
gcc/ChangeLog:
* doc/install.texi (amdgcn-*-amdhsa): Update Newlib recommendation
and update wording for LLVM 18 release.
---
gcc/doc/install.texi | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index 269fe7ec8701..970b1a67e742 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -3944,7 +3944,9 @@ Instead of GNU Binutils, you will need to install LLVM 15, or later, and copy
by specifying a @code{--with-multilib-list=} that does not list @code{gfx1100}
and @code{gfx1103}.
-Use Newlib (4.3.0 or newer; 4.4.0 or later is recommended).
+Use Newlib (4.3.0 or newer; 4.4.0 contains some improvements and git commit
+7dd4eb1db (2025-03-25, post-4.4.0) fixes device console output for GFX10 and
+GFX11 devices).
To run the binaries, install the HSA Runtime from the
@uref{https://rocm.docs.amd.com/,,ROCm Platform}, and use
@@ -3954,8 +3956,8 @@ on the GPU.
To enable support for GCN3 Fiji devices (gfx803), GCC has to be configured with
@option{--with-arch=@code{fiji}} or
@option{--with-multilib-list=@code{fiji},...}. Note that support for Fiji
-devices has been removed in ROCm 4.0 and support in LLVM is deprecated and will
-be removed in LLVM 18.
+devices has been removed in ROCm 4.0 and support in LLVM was deprecated and has
+been removed in LLVM 18.
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