Update for the GCN Newlib commit 7dd4eb1db "amdgcn: Implement proper locks",
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=commit;h=7dd4eb1db
And change future to past tense regarding the LLVM 18 release.
OK for mainline?
Thanks,
Tobias
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.
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index 269fe7ec870..022bc32901c 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 is deprecated and has
+been removed in LLVM 18.
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