From: Chandler Carruth
cmake -G "Visual Studio 8 2005" path/to/llvm/source/root
+cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" path/to/llvm/source/root
For a given development platform there can be more than one diff --git a/docs/GettingStarted.html b/docs/GettingStarted.html index 0a6a4811880..d78344ad0fa 100644 --- a/docs/GettingStarted.html +++ b/docs/GettingStarted.html @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ software you will need.
Any system that can adequately run Visual Studio .NET 2005 SP1 is fine. - The LLVM source tree and object files, libraries and executables will consume +
Any system that can adequately run Visual Studio 2008 is fine. The LLVM + source tree and object files, libraries and executables will consume approximately 3GB.
You will need Visual Studio .NET 2005 SP1 or higher. The VS2005 SP1 - beta and the normal VS2005 still have bugs that are not completely - compatible. Earlier versions of Visual Studio do not support the C++ standard - well enough and will not work.
+You will need Visual Studio 2008 or higher. Earlier versions of Visual + Studio have bugs, are not completely compatible, or do not support the C++ + standard well enough.
You will also need the CMake build system since it generates the project files you will use to build with.