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| author | Simon Pilgrim <llvm-dev@redking.me.uk> | 2019-07-09 10:10:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Simon Pilgrim <llvm-dev@redking.me.uk> | 2019-07-09 10:10:48 +0000 |
| commit | 456fc4fa6dc573c717f8db0d44a078f28060826e (patch) | |
| tree | fd87b8ba031ec691f8320d875108e1f589a996e4 /llvm/docs | |
| parent | 4363edb0e8472a5414b237449f1f72db1785d277 (diff) | |
| download | bcm5719-llvm-456fc4fa6dc573c717f8db0d44a078f28060826e.tar.gz bcm5719-llvm-456fc4fa6dc573c717f8db0d44a078f28060826e.zip | |
Retire VS2015 Support
As proposed here: https://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2019-June/133147.html
This patch raises the minimum supported version to build LLVM/Clang to Visual Studio 2017.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D64326
llvm-svn: 365452
Diffstat (limited to 'llvm/docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | llvm/docs/GettingStartedVS.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst | 6 |
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst b/llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst index 524a3c250b3..742c7b96bc8 100644 --- a/llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst +++ b/llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ with the following compilers, though this will change in the near future: * Clang 3.1 * Apple Clang 3.1 * GCC 4.8 -* Visual Studio 2015 (Update 3) +* Visual Studio 2017 Anything older than these toolchains *may* work, but will require forcing the build system with a special option and is not really a supported host platform. @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ Getting a Modern Host C++ Toolchain This section mostly applies to Linux and older BSDs. On macOS, you should have a sufficiently modern Xcode, or you will likely need to upgrade until you do. Windows does not have a "system compiler", so you must install either Visual -Studio 2015 or a recent version of mingw64. FreeBSD 10.0 and newer have a modern +Studio 2017 or a recent version of mingw64. FreeBSD 10.0 and newer have a modern Clang as the system compiler. However, some Linux distributions and some other or older BSDs sometimes have diff --git a/llvm/docs/GettingStartedVS.rst b/llvm/docs/GettingStartedVS.rst index a4ff2b822fc..7507f97bac8 100644 --- a/llvm/docs/GettingStartedVS.rst +++ b/llvm/docs/GettingStartedVS.rst @@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ and software you will need. Hardware -------- -Any system that can adequately run Visual Studio 2015 is fine. The LLVM +Any system that can adequately run Visual Studio 2017 is fine. The LLVM source tree and object files, libraries and executables will consume approximately 3GB. Software -------- -You will need Visual Studio 2015 or higher, with the latest Update installed. +You will need Visual Studio 2017 or higher, with the latest Update installed. You will also need the `CMake <http://www.cmake.org/>`_ build system since it generates the project files you will use to build with. diff --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst index 7942718803f..4ad4c94fb3b 100644 --- a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +++ b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst @@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ Changes to the LLVM IR pointee type. In the next release we intend to make this parameter mandatory in preparation for opaque pointer types. +Changes to building LLVM +------------------------ + +* Building LLVM with Visual Studio now requires version 2017 or later. + + Changes to the ARM Backend -------------------------- |
