diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/GettingStartedVS.html | 103 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/index.html | 4 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 90 deletions
diff --git a/docs/GettingStartedVS.html b/docs/GettingStartedVS.html index de0b1fb..9e0c390 100644 --- a/docs/GettingStartedVS.html +++ b/docs/GettingStartedVS.html @@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ <li><a href="#starting">Getting Started with LLVM</a> <ol> <li><a href="#terminology">Terminology and Notation</a> - <li><a href="#unpack">Unpacking the LLVM Archives</a> - <li><a href="#checkout">Checkout LLVM from CVS</a> <li><a href="#objfiles">The Location of LLVM Object Files</a> </ol></li> @@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ <div class="doc_author"> <p>Written by: - <a href="mailto:jeffc@jolt-lang.org">Jeff Cohen</a>, + <a href="mailto:jeffc@jolt-lang.org">Jeff Cohen</a> </p> </div> @@ -55,12 +53,13 @@ functional, but it is currently not possible to directly generate an executable file. You can do so indirectly by using the C back end.</p> - <p>To emphasize, there is no C/C++ front end currently available. llvm-gcc - is based on GCC, which cannot be bootstrapped using VC++. Eventually there - should be a llvm-gcc based on Cygwin or Mingw that is usable. There is also - the option of generating bytecode files on Unix and copying them over to - Windows. But be aware the odds of linking C++ code compiled with llvm-gcc - with code compiled with VC++ is essentially zero.</p> + <p>To emphasize, there is no C/C++ front end currently available. + <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> is based on GCC, which cannot be bootstrapped using VC++. + Eventually there should be a <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> based on Cygwin or MinGW that + is usable. There is also the option of generating bytecode files on Unix and + copying them over to Windows. But be aware the odds of linking C++ code + compiled with <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> with code compiled with VC++ is essentially + zero.</p> <p>The LLVM test suite cannot be run on the Visual Studio port at this time.</p> @@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ <ol> <li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-llvm-to-live</i></tt> <li><tt>gunzip --stdout llvm-<i>version</i>.tar.gz | tar -xvf -</tt> - <i>or use WinZip</i> + <i> or use WinZip</i> <li><tt>cd llvm</tt></li> </ol></li> @@ -128,6 +127,9 @@ </ol> +<p>It is strongly encouraged that you get the latest version from CVS. Much +progress has been made since the 1.4 release.</p> + </div> <!-- *********************************************************************** --> @@ -222,84 +224,6 @@ All these paths are absolute:</p> <!-- ======================================================================= --> <div class="doc_subsection"> - <a name="unpack">Unpacking the LLVM Archives</a> -</div> - -<div class="doc_text"> - -<p> -If you have the LLVM distribution, you will need to unpack it before you -can begin to compile it. LLVM is distributed as a set of two files: the LLVM -suite and the LLVM GCC front end compiled for your platform. There is an -additional test suite that is optional. Each file is a TAR archive that is -compressed with the gzip program. The WinZip program can also unpack this -archive. Only the LLVM suite is usable with Visual Studio. -</p> - -<p> The files are as follows: -<dl> - <dt><tt>llvm-1.4.tar.gz</tt></dt> - <dd>This is the source code for the LLVM libraries and tools.<br/></dd> -</dl> - -</div> - -<!-- ======================================================================= --> -<div class="doc_subsection"> - <a name="checkout">Checkout LLVM from CVS</a> -</div> - -<div class="doc_text"> - -<p>If you have access to our CVS repository, you can get a fresh copy of -the entire source code. Note that significant progress has been made on the -Visual Studio port since 1.4 was released. All you need to do is check it out -from CVS as follows:</p> - -<ul> -<li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-llvm-to-live</i></tt> - <li><tt>cvs -d :pserver:anon@llvm-cvs.cs.uiuc.edu:/var/cvs/llvm login</tt> - <li>Hit the return key when prompted for the password. - <li><tt>cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anon@llvm-cvs.cs.uiuc.edu:/var/cvs/llvm co - llvm</tt> -</ul> - -<p>This will create an '<tt>llvm</tt>' directory in the current -directory and fully populate it with the LLVM source code, Makefiles, -test directories, and local copies of documentation files.</p> - -<p>If you want to get a specific release (as opposed to the most recent -revision), you can specify a label. The following releases have the following -label:</p> - -<ul> -<li>Release 1.4: <b>RELEASE_14</b></li> -<li>Release 1.3: <b>RELEASE_13</b></li> -<li>Release 1.2: <b>RELEASE_12</b></li> -<li>Release 1.1: <b>RELEASE_11</b></li> -<li>Release 1.0: <b>RELEASE_1</b></li> -</ul> - -</div> - -<!-- ======================================================================= --> -<div class="doc_subsubsection"> - <a name="mirrors">LLVM CVS Mirrors</a> -</div> - -<div class="doc_text"> - -<p>If the main CVS server is overloaded or inaccessible, you can try one of -these user-hosted mirrors:</p> - -<ul> -<li><a href="http://llvm.x10sys.com/">Mirror hosted by eXtensible Systems -Inc.</a></li> -</ul> -</div> - -<!-- ======================================================================= --> -<div class="doc_subsection"> <a name="objfiles">The Location of LLVM Object Files</a> </div> @@ -424,8 +348,7 @@ out:</p> <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer"><img src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-html401" alt="Valid HTML 4.01!" /></a> - <a href="mailto:sabre@nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a><br> - <a href="http://llvm.x10sys.com/rspencer/">Reid Spencer</a><br> + <a href="mailto:jeffc@jolt-lang.org">Jeff Cohen</a><br> <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu">The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure</a><br> Last modified: $Date$ </address> diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html index d17901c..fff7034 100644 --- a/docs/index.html +++ b/docs/index.html @@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ Discusses how to get up and running quickly with the LLVM infrastructure. Everything from unpacking and compilation of the distribution to execution of some tools.</li> +<li><a href="GettingStartedVS.html">Getting Started with the LLVM System using +Microsoft Visual Studio</a> - An addendum to the main Getting Started guide for +those using Visual Studio on Windows.</li> + <li><a href="CommandGuide/index.html">LLVM Command Guide</a> - A reference manual for the LLVM command line utilities ("man" pages for LLVM tools).<br/> Current tools: |