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authorBill Wendling <isanbard@gmail.com>2007-09-22 09:54:47 +0000
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@@ -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 &lt;relative path to Makefile&gt;</tt><p>
+<div class="doc_code">
+<pre>% ./config.status &lt;relative path to Makefile&gt;</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>