website: Defined supported Clang Versions
Previously in the "Building gem5" page we outlined the supported gcc
versions. Included now are the support Clang versions.
Issue-on: https://gem5.atlassian.net/browse/GEM5-393
Change-Id: I2ce90769bf486613b7f7a36e77d6f34079a7e7cd
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5-website/+/27467
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
diff --git a/_pages/documentation/general_docs/building/index.md b/_pages/documentation/general_docs/building/index.md
index 5f3b651..adbde07 100644
--- a/_pages/documentation/general_docs/building/index.md
+++ b/_pages/documentation/general_docs/building/index.md
@@ -13,16 +13,19 @@
* **git** : gem5 uses git for version control.
* **gcc 4.8+**: gcc is used to compiled gem5. Version 4.8+ must be used. We do
-not presently support beyond Version 7. (Note:
+not presently support beyond Version 7. Please note,
[Support for gcc 4 may be dropped](https://gem5.atlassian.net/browse/GEM5-218),
and [version >7 may be supported](https://gem5.atlassian.net/browse/GEM5-194)
in future releases of gem5.
+ * **Clang**: Clang can also be used. At present, we support Clang 3.9 to
+Clang 7 (inclusive). [Support for Clang >7 may be supported](
+https://gem5.atlassian.net/browse/GEM5-394) in future releases of gem5.
* **SCons** : gem5 uses SCons as its build environment.
* **Python 2.7+** : gem5 replies on Python development libraries (due to the
[retirement of Python 2](
http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2019/12/python-2-sunset.html) we are [likely to
migrate to Python 3 in future releases of gem5](
-https://gem5.atlassian.net/browse/GEM5-275).
+https://gem5.atlassian.net/browse/GEM5-275)).
* **protobuf 2.1+** (Optional): The protobuf library is used for trace
generation and playback.
* **Boost** (Optional): The Boost library is a set of general purpose C++
