[Issue]: Create 6.1.x branch

[torrance]

Problem Description

As per the build guide for NVIDIA systems, I need to check out the $ROCM_BRANCH branch of hipcc.git. e.g.:

      export ROCM_BRANCH=rocm-6.1.x
      git clone -b "$ROCM_BRANCH" https://github.com/ROCm-Developer-Tools/hip.git
      git clone -b "$ROCM_BRANCH" https://github.com/ROCm-Developer-Tools/clr.git
      git clone -b "$ROCM_BRANCH" https://github.com/ROCm-Developer-Tools/HIPCC.git
      git clone -b "$ROCM_BRANCH" https://github.com/ROCm/hipother.git

Currently, however, whilst rocm-6.1.x exists in the other repos, I am forced to check out the rocm-6.0.x branch for HIPCC as this is the latest existing branch.

(Note also the documentation entirely fails to mention the hipother.git branch.)

Please either create a branch to allow consistency in building for NVIDIA or update the build instructions for NVIDIA systems to reflect the correct process.

Operating System

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CPU

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GPU

AMD Instinct MI250X

ROCm Version

ROCm 6.1.0

ROCm Component

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Steps to Reproduce

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(Optional for Linux users) Output of /opt/rocm/bin/rocminfo --support

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Additional Information

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[lamb-j]

Good catch, we do need to update that documentation. I'll kick off that effort.

The new home for HIPCC is at https://github.com/ROCm/llvm-project under the amd/hipcc directory.

The rocm-6.1.x branch you're looking for exists there. Also, under the AMD tab (https://rocm.docs.amd.com/projects/HIP/en/latest/install/build.html), there is a note about hipother.git repository. That should probably be copied to the Nvidia tab too though.

[lamb-j]

See updated instructions here: https://github.com/ROCm/HIP/blob/develop/docs/install/build.rst

We're working on updating https://rocm.docs.amd.com/projects/HIP/en/latest/install/build.html to reflect these changes as well.

HIPCC was used to set the HIP_PLATFORM if none was provided. However, if you provide HIP_PLATFORM=amd|nvidia to cmake, you can omit the HIPCC build and paths

[lamb-j]

Thanks again for bringing this up!

See updated instructions here https://rocm.docs.amd.com/projects/HIP/en/latest/install/build.html