Re: [Patch] install.texi: Bump newlib version for nvptx + gcn

2023-01-23 Thread Tobias Burnus
On 22.01.23 02:45, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: Maybe, but the question is what to use? The project's webpage has on the first page: "patch submissions to Newlib" and "automate the testing of newlib". I also dug into the newlib web page and other sources and - while my personal preference slightly le

Re: [Patch] install.texi: Bump newlib version for nvptx + gcn

2023-01-21 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
On Sat, 21 Jan 2023, Tobias Burnus wrote: > On the technical side, the newer newlib version is not yet required. But > it looks as if it soon makes a lot of sense to have it: : > As nvptx/amdgcn is (mostly) about offloading code, newlib is compiled > usually alongside GCC (e.g. in SUSE, Debian/Ub

Re: [Patch] install.texi: Bump newlib version for nvptx + gcn

2023-01-21 Thread Tobias Burnus
Hi Gerald, On 21.01.23 12:58, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: Is it maybe a little tough to bump the minimal requirement to something only released yesterday? Or is this not an issue looking at the use cases? (Genuine question. Maybe nothing to worry at all.) On the technical side, the newer newlib vers

Re: [Patch] install.texi: Bump newlib version for nvptx + gcn

2023-01-21 Thread Gerald Pfeifer
On Sat, 21 Jan 2023, Tobias Burnus wrote: > A new newlib version has been realized yesterday: newlib-4.3.0 (yearly > snapshot) : > Comments? Suggestions? – If there are none, I intent to commit the patch > as obvious. Is it maybe a little tough to bump the minimal requirement to something only r