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You can have a look at the archives: https://lists.linaro.org/pipermail/linaro-toolchain/ Christophe On 23 October 2017 at 22:32, Vincent Chen <vinc...@nvidia.com> wrote: > Thanks for the information, it's very useful. Is there any mail list I can > register myself to receive future update about toolchain? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christophe Lyon [mailto:christophe.l...@linaro.org] > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 1:47 AM > To: Vincent Chen <vinc...@nvidia.com> > Cc: linaro-toolchain@lists.linaro.org > Subject: Re: Does Linaro GCC 5.4 fully support ARMv8.2-A > > We track FSF branches as follows: when a new release branch 'N' is available, > we switch our active releases to it. > > Branch N-1 goes to maintenance mode, and branch N-2 goes to > best-effort/as-needed until the branch is closed on the FSF side. > > As of today, this means that: > - gcc-linaro-7 is our active release branch. We provide quarterly binary > releases, and monthly source snapshots. We do monthly branch-merges and > backport interesting patches from trunk. > - gcc-linaro-6 is in maintenance mode. We provide quarterly binary releases > and monthly source snapshots. We do monthly branch-merges. > - gcc-linaro-5 is in "as-needed" mode. We provide binary releases when > needed. In practice, we are in the process of creating our final > gcc-linaro-5, since the FSF gcc-5 branch was closed recently with the > gcc-5.5 release. > > All this will shift when the FSF releases gcc-8 (probably in April or May > 2018), which probably means we'll have our final gcc-linaro-6 release in > about a year from now. However we are currently modifying our release > process, so don't take this for granted. > > Christophe > > > > On 18 October 2017 at 20:34, Vincent Chen <vinc...@nvidia.com> wrote: >> Thanks Christophe. In terms of Linaro GCC6.4 how long the supported life >> cycle is? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Christophe Lyon [mailto:christophe.l...@linaro.org] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 2:36 AM >> To: Vincent Chen <vinc...@nvidia.com> >> Cc: linaro-toolchain@lists.linaro.org >> Subject: Re: Does Linaro GCC 5.4 fully support ARMv8.2-A >> >> Hi Vincent, >> >> We have backported ARMv8.2 support to our gcc-linaro-6 branch, so gcc >> 5.4 does not support ARMv8.2-A. You have to use gcc-linaro-6 or more recent. >> >> Christophe >> >> >> On 17 October 2017 at 20:31, Vincent Chen <vinc...@nvidia.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> We are evaluating LInaro GCC5.4 readiness for ARMv8.2-A extension support >>> but can't find direct answer if all the features has been >>> supported/backported. >>> >>> Can you point me to the answer? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Vincent >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - >>> ------------- This email message is for the sole use of the intended >>> recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any >>> unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. >>> If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by >>> reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - >>> ------------- _______________________________________________ >>> linaro-toolchain mailing list >>> linaro-toolchain@lists.linaro.org >>> https://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-toolchain _______________________________________________ linaro-toolchain mailing list linaro-toolchain@lists.linaro.org https://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-toolchain
