diff options
author | Bill Wendling <isanbard@gmail.com> | 2007-09-22 09:54:47 +0000 |
---|---|---|
committer | Bill Wendling <isanbard@gmail.com> | 2007-09-22 09:54:47 +0000 |
commit | e9a6c35f51f413c40c6645cd5d62c1d25bf0e9eb (patch) | |
tree | 8e701c73a476419bcb3af470c351749b28d2c2e4 /docs/FAQ.html | |
parent | 03c993a1254a4a6f7b63ac71a931e1e70eab53b5 (diff) | |
download | external_llvm-e9a6c35f51f413c40c6645cd5d62c1d25bf0e9eb.zip external_llvm-e9a6c35f51f413c40c6645cd5d62c1d25bf0e9eb.tar.gz external_llvm-e9a6c35f51f413c40c6645cd5d62c1d25bf0e9eb.tar.bz2 |
Validation fixes
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@42227 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/FAQ.html')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/FAQ.html | 116 |
1 files changed, 55 insertions, 61 deletions
diff --git a/docs/FAQ.html b/docs/FAQ.html index 96360d0..5823041 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ.html +++ b/docs/FAQ.html @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ <li>After Subversion update, rebuilding gives the error "No rule to make target".</li> <li><a href="#llvmc">The <tt>llvmc</tt> program gives me errors/doesn't - work.</li></a> + work.</a></li> </ol></li> <li><a href="#felangs">Source Languages</a> @@ -182,14 +182,12 @@ LLVM have been ported to a plethora of platforms.</p> <p>Some porting problems may exist in the following areas:</p> <ul> - <li>The GCC front end code is not as portable as the LLVM suite, so it may not - compile as well on unsupported platforms.</li> + compile as well on unsupported platforms.</li> <li>The LLVM build system relies heavily on UNIX shell tools, like the Bourne - Shell and sed. Porting to systems without these tools (MacOS 9, Plan 9) will - require more effort.</li> - + Shell and sed. Porting to systems without these tools (MacOS 9, Plan 9) + will require more effort.</li> </ul> </div> @@ -227,21 +225,23 @@ if it's grabbing the wrong linker/assembler/etc, there are two ways to fix it:</p> <ol> - <li><p>Adjust your <tt>PATH</tt> environment variable so that the correct - program appears first in the <tt>PATH</tt>. This may work, but may not be - convenient when you want them <i>first</i> in your path for other - work.</p></li> + program appears first in the <tt>PATH</tt>. This may work, but may not be + convenient when you want them <i>first</i> in your path for other + work.</p></li> <li><p>Run <tt>configure</tt> with an alternative <tt>PATH</tt> that is - correct. In a Borne compatible shell, the syntax would be:</p> - - <p><tt>PATH=[the path without the bad program] ./configure ...</tt></p> + correct. In a Borne compatible shell, the syntax would be:</p> + +<div class="doc_code"> +<pre> +% PATH=[the path without the bad program] ./configure ... +</pre> +</div> <p>This is still somewhat inconvenient, but it allows <tt>configure</tt> - to do its work without having to adjust your <tt>PATH</tt> - permanently.</p></li> - + to do its work without having to adjust your <tt>PATH</tt> + permanently.</p></li> </ol> </div> @@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ your own version of GCC that has shared libraries enabled by default.</p> </div> <div class="question"> - <p>I've updated my source tree from Subversion, and now my build is trying to - use a file/directory that doesn't exist.</p> +<p>I've updated my source tree from Subversion, and now my build is trying to +use a file/directory that doesn't exist.</p> </div> <div class="answer"> @@ -273,12 +273,13 @@ old version. What do I do?</p> </div> <div class="answer"> - <p>If the Makefile already exists in your object tree, you can just run the following command in the top level directory of your object tree:</p> -<p><tt>./config.status <relative path to Makefile></tt><p> +<div class="doc_code"> +<pre>% ./config.status <relative path to Makefile></pre> +</div> <p>If the Makefile is new, you will have to modify the configure script to copy it over.</p> @@ -314,9 +315,7 @@ clean</tt> and then <tt>make</tt> in the directory that fails to build.</p> <p>For example, if you built LLVM with the command:</p> <div class="doc_code"> -<pre> -% gmake ENABLE_PROFILING=1 -</pre> +<pre>% gmake ENABLE_PROFILING=1</pre> </div> <p>...then you must run the tests with the following commands:</p> @@ -354,12 +353,12 @@ build.</p> <div class="answer"> <p>This is <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/PR?13392">a bug in GCC</a>, and - affects projects other than LLVM. Try upgrading or downgrading your GCC.</p> +affects projects other than LLVM. Try upgrading or downgrading your GCC.</p> </div> <div class="question"> - <p>After Subversion update, rebuilding gives the error - "No rule to make target".</p> +<p>After Subversion update, rebuilding gives the error "No rule to make +target".</p> </div> <div class="answer"> @@ -389,14 +388,13 @@ removed entirely. In this case, the best solution is to erase all rebuilding.</p> </div> -<div class="question"> - <a name="llvmc"<p>The <tt>llvmc</tt> program gives me errors/doesn't - work.</p></a> +<div class="question"><p><a name="llvmc"> +The <tt>llvmc</tt> program gives me errors/doesn't work.</a></p> </div> <div class="answer"> - <p><tt>llvmc</tt> is experimental and isn't really supported. We suggest - using <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> instead.</p> +<p><tt>llvmc</tt> is experimental and isn't really supported. We suggest +using <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> instead.</p> </div> <!-- *********************************************************************** --> @@ -417,8 +415,8 @@ rebuilding.</p> <p>The PyPy developers are working on integrating LLVM into the PyPy backend so that PyPy language can translate to LLVM.</p> </div> -<div class="question"><a name="langhlsupp"> - <p>What support is there for a higher level source language constructs for +<div class="question"><p><a name="langhlsupp"> + What support is there for a higher level source language constructs for building a compiler?</a></p> </div> <div class="answer"> @@ -431,13 +429,12 @@ rebuilding.</p> of running optimizations, linking, and executable generation.</p> </div> -<div class="question"><a name="langhlsupp"> - <p>I don't understand the GetElementPtr - instruction. Help!</a></p> +<div class="question"><p><a name="langhlsupp"> + I don't understand the GetElementPtr instruction. Help!</a></p> </div> <div class="answer"> <p>See <a href="GetElementPtr.html">The Often Misunderstood GEP - Instruction</a>.</li> + Instruction</a>.</p> </div> <!-- *********************************************************************** --> @@ -533,7 +530,7 @@ C++ support for a processor that does not otherwise have a C++ compiler. <p>Use commands like this:</p> <ol> -<li><p>Compile your program as normal with llvm-g++:</p></li> + <li><p>Compile your program as normal with llvm-g++:</p> <div class="doc_code"> <pre> @@ -541,7 +538,7 @@ C++ support for a processor that does not otherwise have a C++ compiler. </pre> </div> -<p>or:</p> + <p>or:</p> <div class="doc_code"> <pre> @@ -551,47 +548,44 @@ C++ support for a processor that does not otherwise have a C++ compiler. </pre> </div> -<p>With llvm-gcc3, this will generate program and program.bc. The .bc file is -the LLVM version of the program all linked together.</p> + <p>With llvm-gcc3, this will generate program and program.bc. The .bc + file is the LLVM version of the program all linked together.</p></li> -<li><p>Convert the LLVM code to C code, using the LLC tool with the C -backend:</p></li> + <li><p>Convert the LLVM code to C code, using the LLC tool with the C + backend:</p> <div class="doc_code"> <pre> % llc -march=c program.bc -o program.c </pre> -</div> +</div></li> -<li><p>Finally, compile the c file:</p></li> +<li><p>Finally, compile the C file:</p> <div class="doc_code"> <pre> % cc x.c </pre> -</div> +</div></li> </ol> -<p>Note that, by default, the C backend does not support exception handling. -If you want/need it for a certain program, you can enable it by passing -"-enable-correct-eh-support" to the llc program. The resultant code will -use setjmp/longjmp to implement exception support that is correct but -relatively slow. -</p> +<p>Note that, by default, the C backend does not support exception handling. If +you want/need it for a certain program, you can enable it by passing +"-enable-correct-eh-support" to the llc program. The resultant code will use +setjmp/longjmp to implement exception support that is correct but relatively +slow.</p> -<p>Also note: this specific sequence of commands won't work if you use a -function defined in the C++ runtime library (or any other C++ library). To -access an external C++ library, you must manually -compile libstdc++ to LLVM bitcode, statically link it into your program, then -use the commands above to convert the whole result into C code. Alternatively, -you can compile the libraries and your application into two different chunks -of C code and link them.</p> +<p>Also note: this specific sequence of commands won't work if you use a +function defined in the C++ runtime library (or any other C++ library). To +access an external C++ library, you must manually compile libstdc++ to LLVM +bitcode, statically link it into your program, then use the commands above to +convert the whole result into C code. Alternatively, you can compile the +libraries and your application into two different chunks of C code and link +them.</p> </div> - - <!-- *********************************************************************** --> <div class="doc_section"> <a name="cfe_code">Questions about code generated by the GCC front-end</a> |