Thomas Schwinge wrote:
In the following, I have then reconsidered that stance; we may actually
"Implement global constructor, destructor support in a conceptually
simpler way than using 'collect2' (the program): implement the respective
functionality in the nvptx-tools 'ld'". The latter is
<https://github.com/SourceryTools/nvptx-tools/commit/96f8fc59a757767b9e98157d95c21e9fef22a93b>
"ld: Global constructor/destructor support".
The attached patch makes clearer which version should be
installed by recommending this patch (= latest nvptx-tools)
in install.texi.
OK? Comments, remarks?
Tobias
PS: If the https://github.com/SourceryTools/nvptx-tools/pull/47
(nvptx-ld.cc: Improve C++11 compatibility with older compilers)
proofs worthwhile and gets merged, we should point to that commit
instead.
install.texi (nvptx): Recommend nvptx-tools 2024-05-30
gcc/
* doc/install.texi (nvptx): Recommend nvptx-tools 2024-05-30 or newer.
diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi
index 42b462a2ce2..4859f6743ab 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/install.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi
@@ -4698,7 +4698,8 @@ Andes NDS32 target in big endian mode.
Nvidia PTX target.
Instead of GNU binutils, you will need to install
-@uref{https://github.com/SourceryTools/nvptx-tools,,nvptx-tools}.
+@uref{https://github.com/SourceryTools/nvptx-tools,,nvptx-tools}
+(recommended: 96f8fc5 of 2024-05-30 -- or newer).
Tell GCC where to find it:
@option{--with-build-time-tools=[install-nvptx-tools]/nvptx-none/bin}.
