From 0042f5784ba9ac4b126aad19abe362980ca8ce02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Louis Mayencourt <louis.mayencourt@arm.com> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 15:35:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Suggest to use the latest version of GCC 8.2 The latest version of GCC are required to use the new features of TF-A. Suggest to use the latest version available on developer.arm.com instead of the version specified on the Linaro Release notes. At the time of writing, GCC 8.2-2019.01 is the latest version available. Change-Id: Idd5c00749e39ca9dc8b7c5623b5d64356c9ce6e5 Signed-off-by: Louis Mayencourt <louis.mayencourt@arm.com> --- docs/user-guide.rst | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/user-guide.rst b/docs/user-guide.rst index 1e0658021..0848769b3 100644 --- a/docs/user-guide.rst +++ b/docs/user-guide.rst @@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ Install the required packages to build TF-A with the following command: TF-A has been tested with Linaro Release 18.04. -Download and install the AArch32 or AArch64 little-endian GCC cross compiler. -The `Linaro Release Notes`_ documents which version of the compiler to use for a -given Linaro Release. Also, these `Linaro instructions`_ provide further -guidance and a script, which can be used to download Linaro deliverables -automatically. +Download and install the AArch32 or AArch64 little-endian GCC cross compiler. If +you would like to use the latest features available, download GCC 8.2-2019.01 +compiler from `arm Developer page`_. Otherwise, the `Linaro Release Notes`_ +documents which version of the compiler to use for a given Linaro Release. Also, +these `Linaro instructions`_ provide further guidance and a script, which can be +used to download Linaro deliverables automatically. Optionally, TF-A can be built using clang version 4.0 or newer or Arm Compiler 6. See instructions below on how to switch the default compiler. @@ -2092,6 +2093,7 @@ wakeup interrupt from RTC. *Copyright (c) 2013-2019, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.* +.. _arm Developer page: https://developer.arm.com/open-source/gnu-toolchain/gnu-a/downloads .. _Linaro: `Linaro Release Notes`_ .. _Linaro Release: `Linaro Release Notes`_ .. _Linaro Release Notes: https://community.arm.com/dev-platforms/w/docs/226/old-release-notes -- GitLab