website: Added GCC version information for v20.1
Change-Id: Iaff86844602b33851dce0d2bde3717ba5ea1d954
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5-website/+/33657
Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Reviewed-by: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
Maintainer: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
Tested-by: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
diff --git a/_pages/documentation/general_docs/building/index.md b/_pages/documentation/general_docs/building/index.md
index 0321993..fa4935f 100644
--- a/_pages/documentation/general_docs/building/index.md
+++ b/_pages/documentation/general_docs/building/index.md
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@
## Dependencies
* **git** : gem5 uses git for version control.
-* **gcc 4.8+**: gcc is used to compiled gem5. Version 4.8+ must be used. We
-support up to gcc Version 9. Please note that [support for gcc 4 may be dropped](https://gem5.atlassian.net/browse/GEM5-218)
-in future versions of gem5.
- * **Clang**: Clang can also be used. At present, we support Clang 3.9 to
+* **gcc**: gcc is used to compiled gem5. **Version >=5 must be used**. We
+support up to gcc Version 10.
+* **Clang**: Clang can also be used. At present, we support Clang 3.9 to
Clang 9 (inclusive).
* **SCons** : gem5 uses SCons as its build environment.
* **Python** : gem5 relies on Python development libraries. As of gem5 version
diff --git a/_pages/documentation/learning_gem5/part1/part1_1_building.md b/_pages/documentation/learning_gem5/part1/part1_1_building.md
index 8b1dbcc..0e99ad1 100644
--- a/_pages/documentation/learning_gem5/part1/part1_1_building.md
+++ b/_pages/documentation/learning_gem5/part1/part1_1_building.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
sudo apt install git
```
-2. gcc 4.8+
+2. gcc 5+
: You may need to use environment variables to point to a
non-default version of gcc.
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
sudo apt install build-essential
```
+ **We support GCC Versions >=5, up to GCC 10**
+
3. [SCons](http://www.scons.org/)
: gem5 uses SCons as its build environment. SCons is like make on
steroids and uses Python scripts for all aspects of the build
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@
### Wrong gcc version
- Error: gcc version 4.8 or newer required.
+ Error: gcc version 5 or newer required.
Installed version: 4.4.7
Update your environment variables to point to the right gcc version, or
