It was introduced in 2.39 it seems. GCC 12 onwards contains this binutils version as per my understanding. This version was released quite long back. I can double check by submitting it through edk2 CI to ensure it works. Current CI version is already GCC 12.
On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 5:47 PM Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 10/19/23 11:22, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > > On 10/19/23 08:48, Dhaval Sharma wrote: > > >> (11) I agree that we should use symbolic names rather than > >> magic constants, but raw encodings of machine instructions don't belong > >> into a > >> C header file. [Dhaval] This bytecode was introduced thinking what > >> if all compilers do not support it. but given the default compiler in > >> edk2 GCC 12 supports it > >> we can eliminate this byte encoding completely to make it easy and > >> simple to consume for others. > > > > To be honest, I can't determine the minimum expected gcc version for > > edk2. "BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template" states a minimum version for > > NASM, for example, but I can't find a similar gcc requirement there. > > > > gcc-12 does work for me personally, because my riscv cross-compiler is > > "riscv64-linux-gnu-gcc (GCC) 12.1.1 20220507 (Red Hat Cross 12.1.1-1)". > > > > If the CI environment that builds these patches also provides gcc-12+, > > then I figure you should be set. > > Wait, for the assembly language source files, what matters is the > binutils version, not the gcc version. Mine is "GNU assembler version > 2.38-3.el9" (from "binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu-2.38-3.el9.x86_64"). > > Is that sufficient for the instuctions in question? > > (More generally -- what version does our CI env expect / provide?) > > Thanks > Laszlo > > -- Thanks! =D -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#109813): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/109813 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/102016149/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
