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authorAndrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com>2019-01-31 08:08:40 -0800
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>2019-03-18 10:27:52 -0700
commit034fb712a620c84efa78e2889845d5dea95f688f (patch)
tree1b429a3f4128fda508f703cedf7c563904d9f1e9 /tools/memory-model/README
parent9393998e9ee094f99d18783cc85c489e20f0e0e7 (diff)
tools/memory-model: Avoid duplicating herdtools versions
Currently, herdtools version information appears no fewer than three times in the LKMM source, which is difficult to maintain. This commit therefore places the required version in one place, namely the tools/memory-model/README file. Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
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@@ -20,13 +20,17 @@ that litmus test to be exercised within the Linux kernel.
REQUIREMENTS
============
-Version 7.49 of the "herd7" and "klitmus7" tools must be downloaded
-separately:
+Version 7.52 or higher of the "herd7" and "klitmus7" tools must be
+downloaded separately:
https://github.com/herd/herdtools7
See "herdtools7/INSTALL.md" for installation instructions.
+Note that although these tools usually provide backwards compatibility,
+this is not absolutely guaranteed. Therefore, if a later version does
+not work, please try using the exact version called out above.
+
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BASIC USAGE: HERD7