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2@c This is part of the GCC manual.
3@c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi.
4
5@c The text of this file appears in the file INSTALL
6@c in the GCC distribution, as well as in the GCC manual.
7
8@ifclear INSTALLONLY
9@node Installation
10@chapter Installing GNU CC
11@end ifclear
12@cindex installing GNU CC
13
14@menu
15* Configurations:: Configurations Supported by GNU CC.
16* Other Dir:: Compiling in a separate directory (not where the source is).
17* Cross-Compiler:: Building and installing a cross-compiler.
18* Sun Install:: See below for installation on the Sun.
19* VMS Install:: See below for installation on VMS.
20* Collect2:: How @code{collect2} works; how it finds @code{ld}.
21* Header Dirs:: Understanding the standard header file directories.
22@end menu
23
24Here is the procedure for installing GNU CC on a Unix system. See
25@ref{VMS Install}, for VMS systems. In this section we assume you
26compile in the same directory that contains the source files; see
27@ref{Other Dir}, to find out how to compile in a separate directory on Unix
28systems.
29
30You cannot install GNU C by itself on MSDOS; it will not compile under
31any MSDOS compiler except itself. You need to get the complete
32compilation package DJGPP, which includes binaries as well as sources,
33and includes all the necessary compilation tools and libraries.
34
35@enumerate
36@item
37If you have built GNU CC previously in the same directory for a
38different target machine, do @samp{make distclean} to delete all files
39that might be invalid. One of the files this deletes is
40@file{Makefile}; if @samp{make distclean} complains that @file{Makefile}
41does not exist, it probably means that the directory is already suitably
42clean.
43
44@item
45On a System V release 4 system, make sure @file{/usr/bin} precedes
46@file{/usr/ucb} in @code{PATH}. The @code{cc} command in
47@file{/usr/ucb} uses libraries which have bugs.
48
49@item
50Specify the host, build and target machine configurations. You do this
51by running the file @file{configure}.
52
53The @dfn{build} machine is the system which you are using, the
54@dfn{host} machine is the system where you want to run the resulting
55compiler (normally the build machine), and the @dfn{target} machine is
56the system for which you want the compiler to generate code.
57
58If you are building a compiler to produce code for the machine it runs
59on (a native compiler), you normally do not need to specify any operands
60to @file{configure}; it will try to guess the type of machine you are on
61and use that as the build, host and target machines. So you don't need
62to specify a configuration when building a native compiler unless
63@file{configure} cannot figure out what your configuration is or guesses
64wrong.
65
66In those cases, specify the build machine's @dfn{configuration name}
67with the @samp{--build} option; the host and target will default to be
68the same as the build machine. (If you are building a cross-compiler,
69see @ref{Cross-Compiler}.)
70
71Here is an example:
72
73@smallexample
74./configure --build=sparc-sun-sunos4.1
75@end smallexample
76
77A configuration name may be canonical or it may be more or less
78abbreviated.
79
80A canonical configuration name has three parts, separated by dashes.
81It looks like this: @samp{@var{cpu}-@var{company}-@var{system}}.
82(The three parts may themselves contain dashes; @file{configure}
83can figure out which dashes serve which purpose.) For example,
84@samp{m68k-sun-sunos4.1} specifies a Sun 3.
85
86You can also replace parts of the configuration by nicknames or aliases.
87For example, @samp{sun3} stands for @samp{m68k-sun}, so
88@samp{sun3-sunos4.1} is another way to specify a Sun 3. You can also
89use simply @samp{sun3-sunos}, since the version of SunOS is assumed by
90default to be version 4.
91
92You can specify a version number after any of the system types, and some
93of the CPU types. In most cases, the version is irrelevant, and will be
94ignored. So you might as well specify the version if you know it.
95
96See @ref{Configurations}, for a list of supported configuration names and
97notes on many of the configurations. You should check the notes in that
98section before proceeding any further with the installation of GNU CC.
99
100There are four additional options you can specify independently to
101describe variant hardware and software configurations. These are
102@samp{--with-gnu-as}, @samp{--with-gnu-ld}, @samp{--with-stabs} and
103@samp{--nfp}.
104
105@table @samp
106@item --with-gnu-as
107If you will use GNU CC with the GNU assembler (GAS), you should declare
108this by using the @samp{--with-gnu-as} option when you run
109@file{configure}.
110
111Using this option does not install GAS. It only modifies the output of
112GNU CC to work with GAS. Building and installing GAS is up to you.
113
114Conversely, if you @emph{do not} wish to use GAS and do not specify
115@samp{--with-gnu-as} when building GNU CC, it is up to you to make sure
116that GAS is not installed. GNU CC searches for a program named
117@code{as} in various directories; if the program it finds is GAS, then
118it runs GAS. If you are not sure where GNU CC finds the assembler it is
119using, try specifying @samp{-v} when you run it.
120
121The systems where it makes a difference whether you use GAS are@*
122@samp{hppa1.0-@var{any}-@var{any}}, @samp{hppa1.1-@var{any}-@var{any}},
123@samp{i386-@var{any}-sysv}, @samp{i386-@var{any}-isc},@*
124@samp{i860-@var{any}-bsd}, @samp{m68k-bull-sysv},@*
125@samp{m68k-hp-hpux}, @samp{m68k-sony-bsd},@*
126@samp{m68k-altos-sysv}, @samp{m68000-hp-hpux},@*
127@samp{m68000-att-sysv}, @samp{@var{any}-lynx-lynxos},
128and @samp{mips-@var{any}}).
129On any other system, @samp{--with-gnu-as} has no effect.
130
131On the systems listed above (except for the HP-PA, for ISC on the
132386, and for @samp{mips-sgi-irix5.*}), if you use GAS, you should also
133use the GNU linker (and specify @samp{--with-gnu-ld}).
134
135@item --with-gnu-ld
136Specify the option @samp{--with-gnu-ld} if you plan to use the GNU
137linker with GNU CC.
138
139This option does not cause the GNU linker to be installed; it just
140modifies the behavior of GNU CC to work with the GNU linker.
141Specifically, it inhibits the installation of @code{collect2}, a program
142which otherwise serves as a front-end for the system's linker on most
143configurations.
144
145@item --with-stabs
146On MIPS based systems and on Alphas, you must specify whether you want
147GNU CC to create the normal ECOFF debugging format, or to use BSD-style
148stabs passed through the ECOFF symbol table. The normal ECOFF debug
149format cannot fully handle languages other than C. BSD stabs format can
150handle other languages, but it only works with the GNU debugger GDB.
151
152Normally, GNU CC uses the ECOFF debugging format by default; if you
153prefer BSD stabs, specify @samp{--with-stabs} when you configure GNU
154CC.
155
156No matter which default you choose when you configure GNU CC, the user
157can use the @samp{-gcoff} and @samp{-gstabs+} options to specify explicitly
158the debug format for a particular compilation.
159
160@samp{--with-stabs} is meaningful on the ISC system on the 386, also, if
161@samp{--with-gas} is used. It selects use of stabs debugging
162information embedded in COFF output. This kind of debugging information
163supports C++ well; ordinary COFF debugging information does not.
164
165@samp{--with-stabs} is also meaningful on 386 systems running SVR4. It
166selects use of stabs debugging information embedded in ELF output. The
167C++ compiler currently (2.6.0) does not support the DWARF debugging
168information normally used on 386 SVR4 platforms; stabs provide a
169workable alternative. This requires gas and gdb, as the normal SVR4
170tools can not generate or interpret stabs.
171
172@item --nfp
173On certain systems, you must specify whether the machine has a floating
174point unit. These systems include @samp{m68k-sun-sunos@var{n}} and
175@samp{m68k-isi-bsd}. On any other system, @samp{--nfp} currently has no
176effect, though perhaps there are other systems where it could usefully
177make a difference.
178
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179@cindex Haifa scheduler
180@cindex scheduler, experimental
181@item --enable-haifa
182@item --disable-haifa
183Use @samp{--enable-haifa} to enable use of an experimental instruction
184scheduler (from IBM Haifa). This may or may not produce better code.
185Some targets on which it is known to be a win enable it by default; use
186@samp{--disable-haifa} to disable it in these cases. @code{configure}
187will print out whether the Haifa scheduler is enabled when it is run.
188
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189@cindex Objective C threads
190@cindex threads, Objective C
191@item --enable-objcthreads=@var{type}
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192Certain systems, notably Linux-based GNU systems, can't be relied on to
193supply a threads facility for the Objective C runtime and so will
194default to single-threaded runtime. They may, however, have a library
195threads implementation available, in which case threads can be enabled
196with this option by supplying a suitable @var{type}, probably
197@samp{posix}. The possibilities for @var{type} are @samp{single},
198@samp{posix}, @samp{win32}, @samp{solaris}, @samp{irix} and @samp{mach}.
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199@end table
200
201The @file{configure} script searches subdirectories of the source
202directory for other compilers that are to be integrated into GNU CC.
203The GNU compiler for C++, called G++ is in a subdirectory named
204@file{cp}. @file{configure} inserts rules into @file{Makefile} to build
205all of those compilers.
206
207Here we spell out what files will be set up by @code{configure}. Normally
208you need not be concerned with these files.
209
210@itemize @bullet
211@item
212@ifset INTERNALS
213A file named @file{config.h} is created that contains a @samp{#include}
214of the top-level config file for the machine you will run the compiler
215on (@pxref{Config}). This file is responsible for defining information
216about the host machine. It includes @file{tm.h}.
217@end ifset
218@ifclear INTERNALS
219A file named @file{config.h} is created that contains a @samp{#include}
220of the top-level config file for the machine you will run the compiler
221on (@pxref{Config,,The Configuration File, gcc.info, Using and Porting
222GCC}). This file is responsible for defining information about the host
223machine. It includes @file{tm.h}.
224@end ifclear
225
226The top-level config file is located in the subdirectory @file{config}.
227Its name is always @file{xm-@var{something}.h}; usually
228@file{xm-@var{machine}.h}, but there are some exceptions.
229
230If your system does not support symbolic links, you might want to
231set up @file{config.h} to contain a @samp{#include} command which
232refers to the appropriate file.
233
234@item
235A file named @file{tconfig.h} is created which includes the top-level config
236file for your target machine. This is used for compiling certain
237programs to run on that machine.
238
239@item
240A file named @file{tm.h} is created which includes the
241machine-description macro file for your target machine. It should be in
242the subdirectory @file{config} and its name is often
243@file{@var{machine}.h}.
244
245@item
246The command file @file{configure} also constructs the file
247@file{Makefile} by adding some text to the template file
248@file{Makefile.in}. The additional text comes from files in the
249@file{config} directory, named @file{t-@var{target}} and
250@file{x-@var{host}}. If these files do not exist, it means nothing
251needs to be added for a given target or host.
252@end itemize
253
254@item
255The standard directory for installing GNU CC is @file{/usr/local/lib}.
256If you want to install its files somewhere else, specify
257@samp{--prefix=@var{dir}} when you run @file{configure}. Here @var{dir}
258is a directory name to use instead of @file{/usr/local} for all purposes
259with one exception: the directory @file{/usr/local/include} is searched
260for header files no matter where you install the compiler. To override
261this name, use the @code{--local-prefix} option below.
262
263@item
264Specify @samp{--local-prefix=@var{dir}} if you want the compiler to
265search directory @file{@var{dir}/include} for locally installed header
266files @emph{instead} of @file{/usr/local/include}.
267
268You should specify @samp{--local-prefix} @strong{only} if your site has
269a different convention (not @file{/usr/local}) for where to put
270site-specific files.
271
272The default value for @samp{--local-prefix} is @file{/usr/local}
273regardless of the value of @samp{--prefix}. Specifying @samp{--prefix}
274has no effect on which directory GNU CC searches for local header files.
275This may seem counterintuitive, but actually it is logical.
276
277The purpose of @samp{--prefix} is to specify where to @emph{install GNU
278CC}. The local header files in @file{/usr/local/include}---if you put
279any in that directory---are not part of GNU CC. They are part of other
280programs---perhaps many others. (GNU CC installs its own header files
281in another directory which is based on the @samp{--prefix} value.)
282
283@strong{Do not} specify @file{/usr} as the @samp{--local-prefix}! The
284directory you use for @samp{--local-prefix} @strong{must not} contain
285any of the system's standard header files. If it did contain them,
286certain programs would be miscompiled (including GNU Emacs, on certain
287targets), because this would override and nullify the header file
288corrections made by the @code{fixincludes} script.
289
290Indications are that people who use this option use it based on
291mistaken ideas of what it is for. People use it as if it specified
292where to install part of GNU CC. Perhaps they make this assumption
293because installing GNU CC creates the directory.
294
295@cindex Bison parser generator
296@cindex parser generator, Bison
297@item
298Make sure the Bison parser generator is installed. (This is
299unnecessary if the Bison output files @file{c-parse.c} and
300@file{cexp.c} are more recent than @file{c-parse.y} and @file{cexp.y}
301and you do not plan to change the @samp{.y} files.)
302
303Bison versions older than Sept 8, 1988 will produce incorrect output
304for @file{c-parse.c}.
305
306@item
307If you have chosen a configuration for GNU CC which requires other GNU
308tools (such as GAS or the GNU linker) instead of the standard system
309tools, install the required tools in the build directory under the names
310@file{as}, @file{ld} or whatever is appropriate. This will enable the
311compiler to find the proper tools for compilation of the program
312@file{enquire}.
313
314Alternatively, you can do subsequent compilation using a value of the
315@code{PATH} environment variable such that the necessary GNU tools come
316before the standard system tools.
317
318@item
319Build the compiler. Just type @samp{make LANGUAGES=c} in the compiler
320directory.
321
322@samp{LANGUAGES=c} specifies that only the C compiler should be
323compiled. The makefile normally builds compilers for all the supported
324languages; currently, C, C++ and Objective C. However, C is the only
325language that is sure to work when you build with other non-GNU C
326compilers. In addition, building anything but C at this stage is a
327waste of time.
328
329In general, you can specify the languages to build by typing the
330argument @samp{LANGUAGES="@var{list}"}, where @var{list} is one or more
331words from the list @samp{c}, @samp{c++}, and @samp{objective-c}. If
332you have any additional GNU compilers as subdirectories of the GNU CC
333source directory, you may also specify their names in this list.
334
335Ignore any warnings you may see about ``statement not reached'' in
336@file{insn-emit.c}; they are normal. Also, warnings about ``unknown
337escape sequence'' are normal in @file{genopinit.c} and perhaps some
338other files. Likewise, you should ignore warnings about ``constant is
339so large that it is unsigned'' in @file{insn-emit.c} and
340@file{insn-recog.c} and a warning about a comparison always being zero
341in @file{enquire.o}. Any other compilation errors may represent bugs in
342the port to your machine or operating system, and
343@ifclear INSTALLONLY
344should be investigated and reported (@pxref{Bugs}).
345@end ifclear
346@ifset INSTALLONLY
347should be investigated and reported.
348@end ifset
349
350Some commercial compilers fail to compile GNU CC because they have bugs
351or limitations. For example, the Microsoft compiler is said to run out
352of macro space. Some Ultrix compilers run out of expression space; then
353you need to break up the statement where the problem happens.
354
355@item
356If you are building a cross-compiler, stop here. @xref{Cross-Compiler}.
357
358@cindex stage1
359@item
360Move the first-stage object files and executables into a subdirectory
361with this command:
362
363@smallexample
364make stage1
365@end smallexample
366
367The files are moved into a subdirectory named @file{stage1}.
368Once installation is complete, you may wish to delete these files
369with @code{rm -r stage1}.
370
371@item
372If you have chosen a configuration for GNU CC which requires other GNU
373tools (such as GAS or the GNU linker) instead of the standard system
374tools, install the required tools in the @file{stage1} subdirectory
375under the names @file{as}, @file{ld} or whatever is appropriate. This
376will enable the stage 1 compiler to find the proper tools in the
377following stage.
378
379Alternatively, you can do subsequent compilation using a value of the
380@code{PATH} environment variable such that the necessary GNU tools come
381before the standard system tools.
382
383@item
384Recompile the compiler with itself, with this command:
385
386@smallexample
387make CC="stage1/xgcc -Bstage1/" CFLAGS="-g -O2"
388@end smallexample
389
390This is called making the stage 2 compiler.
391
392The command shown above builds compilers for all the supported
393languages. If you don't want them all, you can specify the languages to
394build by typing the argument @samp{LANGUAGES="@var{list}"}. @var{list}
395should contain one or more words from the list @samp{c}, @samp{c++},
396@samp{objective-c}, and @samp{proto}. Separate the words with spaces.
397@samp{proto} stands for the programs @code{protoize} and
398@code{unprotoize}; they are not a separate language, but you use
399@code{LANGUAGES} to enable or disable their installation.
400
401If you are going to build the stage 3 compiler, then you might want to
402build only the C language in stage 2.
403
404Once you have built the stage 2 compiler, if you are short of disk
405space, you can delete the subdirectory @file{stage1}.
406
407On a 68000 or 68020 system lacking floating point hardware,
408unless you have selected a @file{tm.h} file that expects by default
409that there is no such hardware, do this instead:
410
411@smallexample
412make CC="stage1/xgcc -Bstage1/" CFLAGS="-g -O2 -msoft-float"
413@end smallexample
414
415@item
416If you wish to test the compiler by compiling it with itself one more
417time, install any other necessary GNU tools (such as GAS or the GNU
418linker) in the @file{stage2} subdirectory as you did in the
419@file{stage1} subdirectory, then do this:
420
421@smallexample
422make stage2
423make CC="stage2/xgcc -Bstage2/" CFLAGS="-g -O2"
424@end smallexample
425
426@noindent
427This is called making the stage 3 compiler. Aside from the @samp{-B}
428option, the compiler options should be the same as when you made the
429stage 2 compiler. But the @code{LANGUAGES} option need not be the
430same. The command shown above builds compilers for all the supported
431languages; if you don't want them all, you can specify the languages to
432build by typing the argument @samp{LANGUAGES="@var{list}"}, as described
433above.
434
435If you do not have to install any additional GNU tools, you may use the
436command
437
438@smallexample
439make bootstrap LANGUAGES=@var{language-list} BOOT_CFLAGS=@var{option-list}
440@end smallexample
441
442@noindent
443instead of making @file{stage1}, @file{stage2}, and performing
444the two compiler builds.
445
446@item
447Then compare the latest object files with the stage 2 object
448files---they ought to be identical, aside from time stamps (if any).
449
450On some systems, meaningful comparison of object files is impossible;
451they always appear ``different.'' This is currently true on Solaris and
452some systems that use ELF object file format. On some versions of Irix
453on SGI machines and DEC Unix (OSF/1) on Alpha systems, you will not be
454able to compare the files without specifying @file{-save-temps}; see the
455description of individual systems above to see if you get comparison
456failures. You may have similar problems on other systems.
457
458Use this command to compare the files:
459
460@smallexample
461make compare
462@end smallexample
463
464This will mention any object files that differ between stage 2 and stage
4653. Any difference, no matter how innocuous, indicates that the stage 2
466compiler has compiled GNU CC incorrectly, and is therefore a potentially
467@ifclear INSTALLONLY
468serious bug which you should investigate and report (@pxref{Bugs}).
469@end ifclear
470@ifset INSTALLONLY
471serious bug which you should investigate and report.
472@end ifset
473
474If your system does not put time stamps in the object files, then this
475is a faster way to compare them (using the Bourne shell):
476
477@smallexample
478for file in *.o; do
479cmp $file stage2/$file
480done
481@end smallexample
482
483If you have built the compiler with the @samp{-mno-mips-tfile} option on
484MIPS machines, you will not be able to compare the files.
485
486@item
487Install the compiler driver, the compiler's passes and run-time support
488with @samp{make install}. Use the same value for @code{CC},
489@code{CFLAGS} and @code{LANGUAGES} that you used when compiling the
490files that are being installed. One reason this is necessary is that
491some versions of Make have bugs and recompile files gratuitously when
492you do this step. If you use the same variable values, those files will
493be recompiled properly.
494
495For example, if you have built the stage 2 compiler, you can use the
496following command:
497
498@smallexample
499make install CC="stage2/xgcc -Bstage2/" CFLAGS="-g -O" LANGUAGES="@var{list}"
500@end smallexample
501
502@noindent
503This copies the files @file{cc1}, @file{cpp} and @file{libgcc.a} to
504files @file{cc1}, @file{cpp} and @file{libgcc.a} in the directory
505@file{/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/@var{target}/@var{version}}, which is where
506the compiler driver program looks for them. Here @var{target} is the
507target machine type specified when you ran @file{configure}, and
508@var{version} is the version number of GNU CC. This naming scheme
509permits various versions and/or cross-compilers to coexist.
510It also copies the executables for compilers for other languages
511(e.g., @file{cc1plus} for C++) to the same directory.
512
513This also copies the driver program @file{xgcc} into
514@file{/usr/local/bin/gcc}, so that it appears in typical execution
515search paths. It also copies @file{gcc.1} into
516@file{/usr/local/man/man1} and info pages into @file{/usr/local/info}.
517
518On some systems, this command causes recompilation of some files. This
519is usually due to bugs in @code{make}. You should either ignore this
520problem, or use GNU Make.
521
522@cindex @code{alloca} and SunOS
523@strong{Warning: there is a bug in @code{alloca} in the Sun library. To
524avoid this bug, be sure to install the executables of GNU CC that were
525compiled by GNU CC. (That is, the executables from stage 2 or 3, not
526stage 1.) They use @code{alloca} as a built-in function and never the
527one in the library.}
528
529(It is usually better to install GNU CC executables from stage 2 or 3,
530since they usually run faster than the ones compiled with some other
531compiler.)
532
533@item
534If you're going to use C++, it's likely that you need to also install
535the libg++ distribution. It should be available from the same
536place where you got the GNU C distribution. Just as GNU C does not
537distribute a C runtime library, it also does not include a C++ run-time
538library. All I/O functionality, special class libraries, etc., are
539available in the libg++ distribution.
540
541@item
542GNU CC includes a runtime library for Objective-C because it is an
543integral part of the language. You can find the files associated with
544the library in the subdirectory @file{objc}. The GNU Objective-C
545Runtime Library requires header files for the target's C library in
546order to be compiled,and also requires the header files for the target's
547thread library if you want thread support. @xref{Cross Headers,
548Cross-Compilers and Header Files, Cross-Compilers and Header Files}, for
549discussion about header files issues for cross-compilation.
550
551When you run @file{configure}, it picks the appropriate Objective-C
552thread implementation file for the target platform. In some situations,
553you may wish to choose a different back-end as some platforms support
554multiple thread implementations or you may wish to disable thread
555support completely. You do this by specifying a value for the
556@var{OBJC_THREAD_FILE} makefile variable on the command line when you
557run make, for example:
558
559@smallexample
560make CC="stage2/xgcc -Bstage2/" CFLAGS="-g -O2" OBJC_THREAD_FILE=thr-single
561@end smallexample
562
563@noindent
564Below is a list of the currently available back-ends.
565
566@itemize @bullet
567@item thr-single
568Disable thread support, should work for all platforms.
569@item thr-decosf1
570DEC OSF/1 thread support.
571@item thr-irix
572SGI IRIX thread support.
573@item thr-mach
574Generic MACH thread support, known to work on NEXTSTEP.
575@item thr-os2
576IBM OS/2 thread support.
577@item thr-posix
578Generix POSIX thread support.
579@item thr-pthreads
580PCThreads on Linux-based GNU systems.
581@item thr-solaris
582SUN Solaris thread support.
583@item thr-win32
584Microsoft Win32 API thread support.
585@end itemize
586@end enumerate
587
588@node Configurations
589@section Configurations Supported by GNU CC
590@cindex configurations supported by GNU CC
591
592Here are the possible CPU types:
593
594@quotation
595@c gmicro, alliant, spur and tahoe omitted since they don't work.
5961750a, a29k, alpha, arm, c@var{n}, clipper, dsp16xx, elxsi, h8300,
65376d28 597hppa1.0, hppa1.1, i370, i386, i486, i586, i860, i960, m32r, m68000, m68k,
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599pyramid, romp, rs6000, sh, sparc, sparclite, sparc64, vax, we32k.
600@end quotation
601
602Here are the recognized company names. As you can see, customary
603abbreviations are used rather than the longer official names.
604
605@c What should be done about merlin, tek*, dolphin?
606@quotation
607acorn, alliant, altos, apollo, apple, att, bull,
608cbm, convergent, convex, crds, dec, dg, dolphin,
609elxsi, encore, harris, hitachi, hp, ibm, intergraph, isi,
610mips, motorola, ncr, next, ns, omron, plexus,
611sequent, sgi, sony, sun, tti, unicom, wrs.
612@end quotation
613
614The company name is meaningful only to disambiguate when the rest of
615the information supplied is insufficient. You can omit it, writing
616just @samp{@var{cpu}-@var{system}}, if it is not needed. For example,
617@samp{vax-ultrix4.2} is equivalent to @samp{vax-dec-ultrix4.2}.
618
619Here is a list of system types:
620
621@quotation
0c82f6bf 622386bsd, aix, acis, amigaos, aos, aout, aux, bosx, bsd, clix, coff, ctix, cxux,
861bb6c1 623dgux, dynix, ebmon, ecoff, elf, esix, freebsd, hms, genix, gnu, linux-gnu,
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625netbsd, newsos, nindy, ns, osf, osfrose, ptx, riscix, riscos, rtu, sco, sim,
626solaris, sunos, sym, sysv, udi, ultrix, unicos, uniplus, unos, vms, vsta,
627vxworks, winnt, xenix.
628@end quotation
629
630@noindent
631You can omit the system type; then @file{configure} guesses the
632operating system from the CPU and company.
633
634You can add a version number to the system type; this may or may not
635make a difference. For example, you can write @samp{bsd4.3} or
636@samp{bsd4.4} to distinguish versions of BSD. In practice, the version
637number is most needed for @samp{sysv3} and @samp{sysv4}, which are often
638treated differently.
639
640If you specify an impossible combination such as @samp{i860-dg-vms},
641then you may get an error message from @file{configure}, or it may
642ignore part of the information and do the best it can with the rest.
643@file{configure} always prints the canonical name for the alternative
644that it used. GNU CC does not support all possible alternatives.
645
646Often a particular model of machine has a name. Many machine names are
647recognized as aliases for CPU/company combinations. Thus, the machine
648name @samp{sun3}, mentioned above, is an alias for @samp{m68k-sun}.
649Sometimes we accept a company name as a machine name, when the name is
650popularly used for a particular machine. Here is a table of the known
651machine names:
652
653@quotation
6543300, 3b1, 3b@var{n}, 7300, altos3068, altos,
655apollo68, att-7300, balance,
656convex-c@var{n}, crds, decstation-3100,
657decstation, delta, encore,
658fx2800, gmicro, hp7@var{nn}, hp8@var{nn},
659hp9k2@var{nn}, hp9k3@var{nn}, hp9k7@var{nn},
660hp9k8@var{nn}, iris4d, iris, isi68,
661m3230, magnum, merlin, miniframe,
662mmax, news-3600, news800, news, next,
663pbd, pc532, pmax, powerpc, powerpcle, ps2, risc-news,
664rtpc, sun2, sun386i, sun386, sun3,
665sun4, symmetry, tower-32, tower.
666@end quotation
667
668@noindent
669Remember that a machine name specifies both the cpu type and the company
670name.
671If you want to install your own homemade configuration files, you can
672use @samp{local} as the company name to access them. If you use
673configuration @samp{@var{cpu}-local}, the configuration name
674without the cpu prefix
675is used to form the configuration file names.
676
677Thus, if you specify @samp{m68k-local}, configuration uses
678files @file{m68k.md}, @file{local.h}, @file{m68k.c},
679@file{xm-local.h}, @file{t-local}, and @file{x-local}, all in the
680directory @file{config/m68k}.
681
682Here is a list of configurations that have special treatment or special
683things you must know:
684
685@table @samp
686@item 1750a-*-*
687MIL-STD-1750A processors.
688
689The MIL-STD-1750A cross configuration produces output for
690@code{as1750}, an assembler/linker available under the GNU Public
691License for the 1750A. @code{as1750} can be obtained at
692@emph{ftp://ftp.fta-berlin.de/pub/crossgcc/1750gals/}.
693A similarly licensed simulator for
694the 1750A is available from same address.
695
696You should ignore a fatal error during the building of libgcc (libgcc is
697not yet implemented for the 1750A.)
698
699The @code{as1750} assembler requires the file @file{ms1750.inc}, which is
700found in the directory @file{config/1750a}.
701
702GNU CC produced the same sections as the Fairchild F9450 C Compiler,
703namely:
704
705@table @code
706@item Normal
707The program code section.
708
709@item Static
710The read/write (RAM) data section.
711
712@item Konst
713The read-only (ROM) constants section.
714
715@item Init
716Initialization section (code to copy KREL to SREL).
717@end table
718
719The smallest addressable unit is 16 bits (BITS_PER_UNIT is 16). This
720means that type `char' is represented with a 16-bit word per character.
721The 1750A's "Load/Store Upper/Lower Byte" instructions are not used by
722GNU CC.
723
724@item alpha-*-osf1
725Systems using processors that implement the DEC Alpha architecture and
726are running the DEC Unix (OSF/1) operating system, for example the DEC
727Alpha AXP systems. (VMS on the Alpha is not currently supported by GNU
728CC.)
729
730GNU CC writes a @samp{.verstamp} directive to the assembler output file
731unless it is built as a cross-compiler. It gets the version to use from
732the system header file @file{/usr/include/stamp.h}. If you install a
733new version of DEC Unix, you should rebuild GCC to pick up the new version
734stamp.
735
736Note that since the Alpha is a 64-bit architecture, cross-compilers from
73732-bit machines will not generate code as efficient as that generated
738when the compiler is running on a 64-bit machine because many
739optimizations that depend on being able to represent a word on the
740target in an integral value on the host cannot be performed. Building
741cross-compilers on the Alpha for 32-bit machines has only been tested in
742a few cases and may not work properly.
743
744@code{make compare} may fail on old versions of DEC Unix unless you add
745@samp{-save-temps} to @code{CFLAGS}. On these systems, the name of the
746assembler input file is stored in the object file, and that makes
747comparison fail if it differs between the @code{stage1} and
748@code{stage2} compilations. The option @samp{-save-temps} forces a
749fixed name to be used for the assembler input file, instead of a
750randomly chosen name in @file{/tmp}. Do not add @samp{-save-temps}
751unless the comparisons fail without that option. If you add
752@samp{-save-temps}, you will have to manually delete the @samp{.i} and
753@samp{.s} files after each series of compilations.
754
755GNU CC now supports both the native (ECOFF) debugging format used by DBX
756and GDB and an encapsulated STABS format for use only with GDB. See the
757discussion of the @samp{--with-stabs} option of @file{configure} above
758for more information on these formats and how to select them.
759
760There is a bug in DEC's assembler that produces incorrect line numbers
761for ECOFF format when the @samp{.align} directive is used. To work
762around this problem, GNU CC will not emit such alignment directives
763while writing ECOFF format debugging information even if optimization is
764being performed. Unfortunately, this has the very undesirable
765side-effect that code addresses when @samp{-O} is specified are
766different depending on whether or not @samp{-g} is also specified.
767
768To avoid this behavior, specify @samp{-gstabs+} and use GDB instead of
769DBX. DEC is now aware of this problem with the assembler and hopes to
770provide a fix shortly.
771
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773Argonaut ARC processor.
774This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
775
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778embedded applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
779This configuration corresponds to the basic instruction sequences and will
861bb6c1 780produce @file{a.out} format object modules.
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782You may need to make a variant of the file @file{arm.h} for your particular
783configuration.
784
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786Any of the ARM family processors running the Linux-based GNU system with
787the @file{a.out} binary format (ELF is not yet supported). You must use
788version 2.8.1.0.7 or later of the Linux binutils, which you can download
789from @file{sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/GCC} and other mirror sites for
790Linux-based GNU systems.
791
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793The ARM2 or ARM3 processor running RISC iX, Acorn's port of BSD Unix. If
794you are running a version of RISC iX prior to 1.2 then you must specify
795the version number during configuration. Note that the assembler
796shipped with RISC iX does not support stabs debugging information; a
797new version of the assembler, with stabs support included, is now
798available from Acorn.
799
800@item a29k
801AMD Am29k-family processors. These are normally used in embedded
802applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
803This configuration
804corresponds to AMD's standard calling sequence and binary interface
805and is compatible with other 29k tools.
806
807You may need to make a variant of the file @file{a29k.h} for your
808particular configuration.
809
810@item a29k-*-bsd
811AMD Am29050 used in a system running a variant of BSD Unix.
812
813@item decstation-*
814DECstations can support three different personalities: Ultrix,
815DEC OSF/1, and OSF/rose. To configure GCC for these platforms
816use the following configurations:
817
818@table @samp
819@item decstation-ultrix
820Ultrix configuration.
821
822@item decstation-osf1
823Dec's version of OSF/1.
824
825@item decstation-osfrose
826Open Software Foundation reference port of OSF/1 which uses the
827OSF/rose object file format instead of ECOFF. Normally, you
828would not select this configuration.
829@end table
830
831The MIPS C compiler needs to be told to increase its table size
832for switch statements with the @samp{-Wf,-XNg1500} option in
833order to compile @file{cp/parse.c}. If you use the @samp{-O2}
834optimization option, you also need to use @samp{-Olimit 3000}.
835Both of these options are automatically generated in the
836@file{Makefile} that the shell script @file{configure} builds.
837If you override the @code{CC} make variable and use the MIPS
838compilers, you may need to add @samp{-Wf,-XNg1500 -Olimit 3000}.
839
840@item elxsi-elxsi-bsd
841The Elxsi's C compiler has known limitations that prevent it from
842compiling GNU C. Please contact @code{mrs@@cygnus.com} for more details.
843
844@item dsp16xx
845A port to the AT&T DSP1610 family of processors.
846
847@ignore
848@item fx80
849Alliant FX/8 computer. Note that the standard installed C compiler in
850Concentrix 5.0 has a bug which prevent it from compiling GNU CC
851correctly. You can patch the compiler bug as follows:
852
853@smallexample
854cp /bin/pcc ./pcc
855adb -w ./pcc - << EOF
85615f6?w 6610
857EOF
858@end smallexample
859
860Then you must use the @samp{-ip12} option when compiling GNU CC
861with the patched compiler, as shown here:
862
863@smallexample
864make CC="./pcc -ip12" CFLAGS=-w
865@end smallexample
866
867Note also that Alliant's version of DBX does not manage to work with the
868output from GNU CC.
869@end ignore
870
871@item h8300-*-*
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873
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875All code must be recompiled. The calling convention now passes the
876first three arguments in function calls in registers. Structures are no
877longer a multiple of 2 bytes.
878
879@item hppa*-*-*
880There are several variants of the HP-PA processor which run a variety
881of operating systems. GNU CC must be configured to use the correct
882processor type and operating system, or GNU CC will not function correctly.
883The easiest way to handle this problem is to @emph{not} specify a target
884when configuring GNU CC, the @file{configure} script will try to automatically
885determine the right processor type and operating system.
886
887@samp{-g} does not work on HP-UX, since that system uses a peculiar
888debugging format which GNU CC does not know about. However, @samp{-g}
889will work if you also use GAS and GDB in conjunction with GCC. We
890highly recommend using GAS for all HP-PA configurations.
891
892You should be using GAS-2.6 (or later) along with GDB-4.16 (or later). These
893can be retrieved from all the traditional GNU ftp archive sites.
894
895GAS will need to be installed into a directory before @code{/bin},
896@code{/usr/bin}, and @code{/usr/ccs/bin} in your search path. You
897should install GAS before you build GNU CC.
898
899To enable debugging, you must configure GNU CC with the @samp{--with-gnu-as}
900option before building.
901
902@item i370-*-*
903This port is very preliminary and has many known bugs. We hope to
904have a higher-quality port for this machine soon.
905
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907Use this configuration to generate @file{a.out} binaries on Linux-based
908GNU systems if you do not have gas/binutils version 2.5.2 or later
909installed. This is an obsolete configuration.
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912Use this configuration to generate @file{a.out} binaries on Linux-based
913GNU systems. This configuration is being superseded. You must use
914gas/binutils version 2.5.2 or later.
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917Use this configuration to generate ELF binaries on Linux-based GNU
918systems. You must use gas/binutils version 2.5.2 or later.
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920@item i386-*-sco
921Compilation with RCC is recommended. Also, it may be a good idea to
922link with GNU malloc instead of the malloc that comes with the system.
923
924@item i386-*-sco3.2v4
925Use this configuration for SCO release 3.2 version 4.
926
927@item i386-*-sco3.2v5*
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928Use this for the SCO OpenServer Release family including 5.0.0, 5.0.2,
9295.0.4, Internet FastStart 1.0, and Internet FastStart 1.1.
930
931GNU CC can generate ELF binaries (if you specify @samp{-melf}) or COFF
932binaries (the default). If you are going to build your compiler in ELF
933mode (once you have bootstrapped the first stage compiler) you
934@strong{must} specify @samp{-melf} as part of @code{CC},
935@emph{not} @code{CFLAGS}, for example as
936@samp{CC="stage1/xgcc -melf -Bstage1/" }. If you do not do this, the
937bootstrap will generate incorrect versions of @file{libgcc.a}.
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939You must have TLS597 (from ftp.sco.com/TLS) installed for ELF
940binaries to work correctly. Note that Open Server 5.0.2 @emph{does}
941need TLS597 installed.
942
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944@samp{make bootstrap} because the native OpenServer compiler builds
945a @file{cc1plus} that will not correctly parse many valid C++ programs.
946You must do a @samp{make bootstrap} if you are building with the native
947compiler.
948
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950It may be a good idea to link with GNU malloc instead of the malloc that
951comes with the system.
952
953In ISC version 4.1, @file{sed} core dumps when building
954@file{deduced.h}. Use the version of @file{sed} from version 4.0.
955
956@item i386-*-esix
957It may be good idea to link with GNU malloc instead of the malloc that
958comes with the system.
959
960@item i386-ibm-aix
961You need to use GAS version 2.1 or later, and LD from
962GNU binutils version 2.2 or later.
963
964@item i386-sequent-bsd
965Go to the Berkeley universe before compiling. In addition, you probably
966need to create a file named @file{string.h} containing just one line:
967@samp{#include <strings.h>}.
968
969@item i386-sequent-ptx1*
970Sequent DYNIX/ptx 1.x.
971
972@item i386-sequent-ptx2*
973Sequent DYNIX/ptx 2.x.
974
975@item i386-sun-sunos4
976You may find that you need another version of GNU CC to begin
977bootstrapping with, since the current version when built with the
978system's own compiler seems to get an infinite loop compiling part of
979@file{libgcc2.c}. GNU CC version 2 compiled with GNU CC (any version)
980seems not to have this problem.
981
982See @ref{Sun Install}, for information on installing GNU CC on Sun
983systems.
984
985@item i[345]86-*-winnt3.5
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988@file{cs.washington.edu:pub/gnat} or @file{cs.nyu.edu:pub/gnat}. You
989must also use the Microsoft header files from the Windows NT 3.5 SDK.
990Find these on the CDROM in the @file{/mstools/h} directory dated 9/4/94. You
991must use a fixed version of Microsoft linker made especially for NT 3.5,
992which is also is available on the NT 3.5 SDK CDROM. If you do not have
993this linker, can you also use the linker from Visual C/C++ 1.0 or 2.0.
994
995Installing GNU CC for NT builds a wrapper linker, called @file{ld.exe},
996which mimics the behaviour of Unix @file{ld} in the specification of
997libraries (@samp{-L} and @samp{-l}). @file{ld.exe} looks for both Unix
998and Microsoft named libraries. For example, if you specify
999@samp{-lfoo}, @file{ld.exe} will look first for @file{libfoo.a}
1000and then for @file{foo.lib}.
1001
1002You may install GNU CC for Windows NT in one of two ways, depending on
1003whether or not you have a Unix-like shell and various Unix-like
1004utilities.
1005
1006@enumerate
1007@item
1008If you do not have a Unix-like shell and few Unix-like utilities, you
1009will use a DOS style batch script called @file{configure.bat}. Invoke
1010it as @code{configure winnt} from an MSDOS console window or from the
1011program manager dialog box. @file{configure.bat} assumes you have
1012already installed and have in your path a Unix-like @file{sed} program
1013which is used to create a working @file{Makefile} from @file{Makefile.in}.
1014
1015@file{Makefile} uses the Microsoft Nmake program maintenance utility and
1016the Visual C/C++ V8.00 compiler to build GNU CC. You need only have the
1017utilities @file{sed} and @file{touch} to use this installation method,
1018which only automatically builds the compiler itself. You must then
1019examine what @file{fixinc.winnt} does, edit the header files by hand and
1020build @file{libgcc.a} manually.
1021
1022@item
1023The second type of installation assumes you are running a Unix-like
1024shell, have a complete suite of Unix-like utilities in your path, and
1025have a previous version of GNU CC already installed, either through
1026building it via the above installation method or acquiring a pre-built
1027binary. In this case, use the @file{configure} script in the normal
1028fashion.
1029@end enumerate
1030
1031@item i860-intel-osf1
1032This is the Paragon.
1033@ifset INSTALLONLY
1034If you have version 1.0 of the operating system, you need to take
1035special steps to build GNU CC due to peculiarities of the system. Newer
1036system versions have no problem. See the section `Installation Problems'
1037in the GNU CC Manual.
1038@end ifset
1039@ifclear INSTALLONLY
1040If you have version 1.0 of the operating system,
1041see @ref{Installation Problems}, for special things you need to do to
1042compensate for peculiarities in the system.
1043@end ifclear
1044
1045@item *-lynx-lynxos
1046LynxOS 2.2 and earlier comes with GNU CC 1.x already installed as
1047@file{/bin/gcc}. You should compile with this instead of @file{/bin/cc}.
1048You can tell GNU CC to use the GNU assembler and linker, by specifying
1049@samp{--with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld} when configuring. These will produce
1050COFF format object files and executables; otherwise GNU CC will use the
861bb6c1 1051installed tools, which produce @file{a.out} format executables.
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1055This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
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1058HP 9000 series 200 running BSD. Note that the C compiler that comes
1059with this system cannot compile GNU CC; contact @code{law@@cs.utah.edu}
1060to get binaries of GNU CC for bootstrapping.
1061
1062@item m68k-altos
1063Altos 3068. You must use the GNU assembler, linker and debugger.
1064Also, you must fix a kernel bug. Details in the file @file{README.ALTOS}.
1065
1066@item m68k-apple-aux
1067Apple Macintosh running A/UX.
1068You may configure GCC to use either the system assembler and
1069linker or the GNU assembler and linker. You should use the GNU configuration
1070if you can, especially if you also want to use GNU C++. You enabled
1071that configuration with + the @samp{--with-gnu-as} and @samp{--with-gnu-ld}
1072options to @code{configure}.
1073
1074Note the C compiler that comes
1075with this system cannot compile GNU CC. You can fine binaries of GNU CC
1076for bootstrapping on @code{jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov}.
1077You will also a patched version of @file{/bin/ld} there that
1078raises some of the arbitrary limits found in the original.
1079
1080@item m68k-att-sysv
1081AT&T 3b1, a.k.a. 7300 PC. Special procedures are needed to compile GNU
1082CC with this machine's standard C compiler, due to bugs in that
1083compiler. You can bootstrap it more easily with
1084previous versions of GNU CC if you have them.
1085
1086Installing GNU CC on the 3b1 is difficult if you do not already have
1087GNU CC running, due to bugs in the installed C compiler. However,
1088the following procedure might work. We are unable to test it.
1089
1090@enumerate
1091@item
e9a25f70 1092Comment out the @samp{#include "config.h"} line near the start of
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1094of GNU cpp.
1095
1096@item
1097Save the old @file{/lib/cpp} and copy the preliminary GNU cpp to that
1098file name.
1099
1100@item
1101Undo your change in @file{cccp.c}, or reinstall the original version,
1102and do @samp{make cpp} again.
1103
1104@item
1105Copy this final version of GNU cpp into @file{/lib/cpp}.
1106
1107@findex obstack_free
1108@item
1109Replace every occurrence of @code{obstack_free} in the file
1110@file{tree.c} with @code{_obstack_free}.
1111
1112@item
1113Run @code{make} to get the first-stage GNU CC.
1114
1115@item
1116Reinstall the original version of @file{/lib/cpp}.
1117
1118@item
1119Now you can compile GNU CC with itself and install it in the normal
1120fashion.
1121@end enumerate
1122
1123@item m68k-bull-sysv
1124Bull DPX/2 series 200 and 300 with BOS-2.00.45 up to BOS-2.01. GNU CC works
1125either with native assembler or GNU assembler. You can use
1126GNU assembler with native coff generation by providing @samp{--with-gnu-as} to
1127the configure script or use GNU assembler with dbx-in-coff encapsulation
1128by providing @samp{--with-gnu-as --stabs}. For any problem with native
1129assembler or for availability of the DPX/2 port of GAS, contact
1130@code{F.Pierresteguy@@frcl.bull.fr}.
1131
1132@item m68k-crds-unox
1133Use @samp{configure unos} for building on Unos.
1134
1135The Unos assembler is named @code{casm} instead of @code{as}. For some
1136strange reason linking @file{/bin/as} to @file{/bin/casm} changes the
1137behavior, and does not work. So, when installing GNU CC, you should
1138install the following script as @file{as} in the subdirectory where
1139the passes of GCC are installed:
1140
1141@example
1142#!/bin/sh
1143casm $*
1144@end example
1145
1146The default Unos library is named @file{libunos.a} instead of
1147@file{libc.a}. To allow GNU CC to function, either change all
1148references to @samp{-lc} in @file{gcc.c} to @samp{-lunos} or link
1149@file{/lib/libc.a} to @file{/lib/libunos.a}.
1150
1151@cindex @code{alloca}, for Unos
1152When compiling GNU CC with the standard compiler, to overcome bugs in
1153the support of @code{alloca}, do not use @samp{-O} when making stage 2.
1154Then use the stage 2 compiler with @samp{-O} to make the stage 3
1155compiler. This compiler will have the same characteristics as the usual
1156stage 2 compiler on other systems. Use it to make a stage 4 compiler
1157and compare that with stage 3 to verify proper compilation.
1158
1159(Perhaps simply defining @code{ALLOCA} in @file{x-crds} as described in
1160the comments there will make the above paragraph superfluous. Please
1161inform us of whether this works.)
1162
1163Unos uses memory segmentation instead of demand paging, so you will need
1164a lot of memory. 5 Mb is barely enough if no other tasks are running.
1165If linking @file{cc1} fails, try putting the object files into a library
1166and linking from that library.
1167
1168@item m68k-hp-hpux
1169HP 9000 series 300 or 400 running HP-UX. HP-UX version 8.0 has a bug in
1170the assembler that prevents compilation of GNU CC. To fix it, get patch
1171PHCO_4484 from HP.
1172
1173In addition, if you wish to use gas @samp{--with-gnu-as} you must use
1174gas version 2.1 or later, and you must use the GNU linker version 2.1 or
1175later. Earlier versions of gas relied upon a program which converted the
1176gas output into the native HP/UX format, but that program has not been
1177kept up to date. gdb does not understand that native HP/UX format, so
1178you must use gas if you wish to use gdb.
1179
1180@item m68k-sun
1181Sun 3. We do not provide a configuration file to use the Sun FPA by
1182default, because programs that establish signal handlers for floating
1183point traps inherently cannot work with the FPA.
1184
1185See @ref{Sun Install}, for information on installing GNU CC on Sun
1186systems.
1187
1188@item m88k-*-svr3
1189Motorola m88k running the AT&T/Unisoft/Motorola V.3 reference port.
1190These systems tend to use the Green Hills C, revision 1.8.5, as the
1191standard C compiler. There are apparently bugs in this compiler that
1192result in object files differences between stage 2 and stage 3. If this
1193happens, make the stage 4 compiler and compare it to the stage 3
1194compiler. If the stage 3 and stage 4 object files are identical, this
1195suggests you encountered a problem with the standard C compiler; the
1196stage 3 and 4 compilers may be usable.
1197
1198It is best, however, to use an older version of GNU CC for bootstrapping
1199if you have one.
1200
1201@item m88k-*-dgux
1202Motorola m88k running DG/UX. To build 88open BCS native or cross
1203compilers on DG/UX, specify the configuration name as
1204@samp{m88k-*-dguxbcs} and build in the 88open BCS software development
1205environment. To build ELF native or cross compilers on DG/UX, specify
1206@samp{m88k-*-dgux} and build in the DG/UX ELF development environment.
1207You set the software development environment by issuing
1208@samp{sde-target} command and specifying either @samp{m88kbcs} or
1209@samp{m88kdguxelf} as the operand.
1210
1211If you do not specify a configuration name, @file{configure} guesses the
1212configuration based on the current software development environment.
1213
1214@item m88k-tektronix-sysv3
1215Tektronix XD88 running UTekV 3.2e. Do not turn on
1216optimization while building stage1 if you bootstrap with
1217the buggy Green Hills compiler. Also, The bundled LAI
1218System V NFS is buggy so if you build in an NFS mounted
1219directory, start from a fresh reboot, or avoid NFS all together.
1220Otherwise you may have trouble getting clean comparisons
1221between stages.
1222
1223@item mips-mips-bsd
1224MIPS machines running the MIPS operating system in BSD mode. It's
1225possible that some old versions of the system lack the functions
1226@code{memcpy}, @code{memcmp}, and @code{memset}. If your system lacks
1227these, you must remove or undo the definition of
1228@code{TARGET_MEM_FUNCTIONS} in @file{mips-bsd.h}.
1229
1230The MIPS C compiler needs to be told to increase its table size
1231for switch statements with the @samp{-Wf,-XNg1500} option in
1232order to compile @file{cp/parse.c}. If you use the @samp{-O2}
1233optimization option, you also need to use @samp{-Olimit 3000}.
1234Both of these options are automatically generated in the
1235@file{Makefile} that the shell script @file{configure} builds.
1236If you override the @code{CC} make variable and use the MIPS
1237compilers, you may need to add @samp{-Wf,-XNg1500 -Olimit 3000}.
1238
1239@item mips-mips-riscos*
1240The MIPS C compiler needs to be told to increase its table size
1241for switch statements with the @samp{-Wf,-XNg1500} option in
1242order to compile @file{cp/parse.c}. If you use the @samp{-O2}
1243optimization option, you also need to use @samp{-Olimit 3000}.
1244Both of these options are automatically generated in the
1245@file{Makefile} that the shell script @file{configure} builds.
1246If you override the @code{CC} make variable and use the MIPS
1247compilers, you may need to add @samp{-Wf,-XNg1500 -Olimit 3000}.
1248
1249MIPS computers running RISC-OS can support four different
1250personalities: default, BSD 4.3, System V.3, and System V.4
1251(older versions of RISC-OS don't support V.4). To configure GCC
1252for these platforms use the following configurations:
1253
1254@table @samp
1255@item mips-mips-riscos@code{rev}
1256Default configuration for RISC-OS, revision @code{rev}.
1257
1258@item mips-mips-riscos@code{rev}bsd
1259BSD 4.3 configuration for RISC-OS, revision @code{rev}.
1260
1261@item mips-mips-riscos@code{rev}sysv4
1262System V.4 configuration for RISC-OS, revision @code{rev}.
1263
1264@item mips-mips-riscos@code{rev}sysv
1265System V.3 configuration for RISC-OS, revision @code{rev}.
1266@end table
1267
1268The revision @code{rev} mentioned above is the revision of
1269RISC-OS to use. You must reconfigure GCC when going from a
1270RISC-OS revision 4 to RISC-OS revision 5. This has the effect of
1271avoiding a linker
1272@ifclear INSTALLONLY
1273bug (see @ref{Installation Problems}, for more details).
1274@end ifclear
1275@ifset INSTALLONLY
1276bug.
1277@end ifset
1278
1279@item mips-sgi-*
1280In order to compile GCC on an SGI running IRIX 4, the "c.hdr.lib"
1281option must be installed from the CD-ROM supplied from Silicon Graphics.
1282This is found on the 2nd CD in release 4.0.1.
1283
1284In order to compile GCC on an SGI running IRIX 5, the "compiler_dev.hdr"
1285subsystem must be installed from the IDO CD-ROM supplied by Silicon
1286Graphics.
1287
1288@code{make compare} may fail on version 5 of IRIX unless you add
1289@samp{-save-temps} to @code{CFLAGS}. On these systems, the name of the
1290assembler input file is stored in the object file, and that makes
1291comparison fail if it differs between the @code{stage1} and
1292@code{stage2} compilations. The option @samp{-save-temps} forces a
1293fixed name to be used for the assembler input file, instead of a
1294randomly chosen name in @file{/tmp}. Do not add @samp{-save-temps}
1295unless the comparisons fail without that option. If you do you
1296@samp{-save-temps}, you will have to manually delete the @samp{.i} and
1297@samp{.s} files after each series of compilations.
1298
1299The MIPS C compiler needs to be told to increase its table size
1300for switch statements with the @samp{-Wf,-XNg1500} option in
1301order to compile @file{cp/parse.c}. If you use the @samp{-O2}
1302optimization option, you also need to use @samp{-Olimit 3000}.
1303Both of these options are automatically generated in the
1304@file{Makefile} that the shell script @file{configure} builds.
1305If you override the @code{CC} make variable and use the MIPS
1306compilers, you may need to add @samp{-Wf,-XNg1500 -Olimit 3000}.
1307
1308On Irix version 4.0.5F, and perhaps on some other versions as well,
1309there is an assembler bug that reorders instructions incorrectly. To
1310work around it, specify the target configuration
1311@samp{mips-sgi-irix4loser}. This configuration inhibits assembler
1312optimization.
1313
1314In a compiler configured with target @samp{mips-sgi-irix4}, you can turn
1315off assembler optimization by using the @samp{-noasmopt} option. This
1316compiler option passes the option @samp{-O0} to the assembler, to
1317inhibit reordering.
1318
1319The @samp{-noasmopt} option can be useful for testing whether a problem
1320is due to erroneous assembler reordering. Even if a problem does not go
1321away with @samp{-noasmopt}, it may still be due to assembler
1322reordering---perhaps GNU CC itself was miscompiled as a result.
1323
1324To enable debugging under Irix 5, you must use GNU as 2.5 or later,
1325and use the @samp{--with-gnu-as} configure option when configuring gcc.
1326GNU as is distributed as part of the binutils package.
1327
1328@item mips-sony-sysv
1329Sony MIPS NEWS. This works in NEWSOS 5.0.1, but not in 5.0.2 (which
1330uses ELF instead of COFF). Support for 5.0.2 will probably be provided
1331soon by volunteers. In particular, the linker does not like the
1332code generated by GCC when shared libraries are linked in.
1333
1334@item ns32k-encore
1335Encore ns32000 system. Encore systems are supported only under BSD.
1336
1337@item ns32k-*-genix
1338National Semiconductor ns32000 system. Genix has bugs in @code{alloca}
1339and @code{malloc}; you must get the compiled versions of these from GNU
1340Emacs.
1341
1342@item ns32k-sequent
1343Go to the Berkeley universe before compiling. In addition, you probably
1344need to create a file named @file{string.h} containing just one line:
1345@samp{#include <strings.h>}.
1346
1347@item ns32k-utek
1348UTEK ns32000 system (``merlin''). The C compiler that comes with this
1349system cannot compile GNU CC; contact @samp{tektronix!reed!mason} to get
1350binaries of GNU CC for bootstrapping.
1351
1352@item romp-*-aos
1353@itemx romp-*-mach
1354The only operating systems supported for the IBM RT PC are AOS and
1355MACH. GNU CC does not support AIX running on the RT. We recommend you
1356compile GNU CC with an earlier version of itself; if you compile GNU CC
1357with @code{hc}, the Metaware compiler, it will work, but you will get
1358mismatches between the stage 2 and stage 3 compilers in various files.
1359These errors are minor differences in some floating-point constants and
1360can be safely ignored; the stage 3 compiler is correct.
1361
1362@item rs6000-*-aix
1363@itemx powerpc-*-aix
1364Various early versions of each release of the IBM XLC compiler will not
1365bootstrap GNU CC. Symptoms include differences between the stage2 and
1366stage3 object files, and errors when compiling @file{libgcc.a} or
1367@file{enquire}. Known problematic releases include: xlc-1.2.1.8,
1368xlc-1.3.0.0 (distributed with AIX 3.2.5), and xlc-1.3.0.19. Both
1369xlc-1.2.1.28 and xlc-1.3.0.24 (PTF 432238) are known to produce working
1370versions of GNU CC, but most other recent releases correctly bootstrap
1371GNU CC. Also, releases of AIX prior to AIX 3.2.4 include a version of
1372the IBM assembler which does not accept debugging directives: assembler
1373updates are available as PTFs. Also, if you are using AIX 3.2.5 or
1374greater and the GNU assembler, you must have a version modified after
1375October 16th, 1995 in order for the GNU C compiler to build. See the
1376file @file{README.RS6000} for more details on of these problems.
1377
1378GNU CC does not yet support the 64-bit PowerPC instructions.
1379
1380Objective C does not work on this architecture because it makes assumptions
1381that are incompatible with the calling conventions.
1382
1383AIX on the RS/6000 provides support (NLS) for environments outside of
1384the United States. Compilers and assemblers use NLS to support
1385locale-specific representations of various objects including
1386floating-point numbers ("." vs "," for separating decimal fractions).
1387There have been problems reported where the library linked with GNU CC
1388does not produce the same floating-point formats that the assembler
1389accepts. If you have this problem, set the LANG environment variable to
1390"C" or "En_US".
1391
1392Due to changes in the way that GNU CC invokes the binder (linker) for AIX
13934.1, you may now receive warnings of duplicate symbols from the link step
1394that were not reported before. The assembly files generated by GNU CC for
1395AIX have always included multiple symbol definitions for certain global
1396variable and function declarations in the original program. The warnings
1397should not prevent the linker from producing a correct library or runnable
1398executable.
1399
1400By default, AIX 4.1 produces code that can be used on either Power or
1401PowerPC processors.
1402
1403You can specify a default version for the @samp{-mcpu=}@var{cpu_type}
1404switch by using the configure option @samp{--with-cpu-}@var{cpu_type}.
1405
1406@item powerpc-*-elf
1407@itemx powerpc-*-sysv4
1408PowerPC system in big endian mode, running System V.4.
1409
1410You can specify a default version for the @samp{-mcpu=}@var{cpu_type}
1411switch by using the configure option @samp{--with-cpu-}@var{cpu_type}.
1412
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1413@item powerpc-*-linux-gnu
1414PowerPC system in big endian mode, running the Linux-based GNU system.
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1415
1416You can specify a default version for the @samp{-mcpu=}@var{cpu_type}
1417switch by using the configure option @samp{--with-cpu-}@var{cpu_type}.
1418
1419@item powerpc-*-eabiaix
1420Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode with -mcall-aix selected as
1421the default.
1422
1423You can specify a default version for the @samp{-mcpu=}@var{cpu_type}
1424switch by using the configure option @samp{--with-cpu-}@var{cpu_type}.
1425
1426@item powerpc-*-eabisim
1427Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode for use in running under the
1428PSIM simulator.
1429
1430You can specify a default version for the @samp{-mcpu=}@var{cpu_type}
1431switch by using the configure option @samp{--with-cpu-}@var{cpu_type}.
1432
1433@item powerpc-*-eabi
1434Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode.
1435
1436You can specify a default version for the @samp{-mcpu=}@var{cpu_type}
1437switch by using the configure option @samp{--with-cpu-}@var{cpu_type}.
1438
1439@item powerpcle-*-elf
1440@itemx powerpcle-*-sysv4
1441PowerPC system in little endian mode, running System V.4.
1442
1443You can specify a default version for the @samp{-mcpu=}@var{cpu_type}
1444switch by using the configure option @samp{--with-cpu-}@var{cpu_type}.
1445
1446@item powerpcle-*-solaris2*
1447PowerPC system in little endian mode, running Solaris 2.5.1 or higher.
1448
1449You can specify a default version for the @samp{-mcpu=}@var{cpu_type}
1450switch by using the configure option @samp{--with-cpu-}@var{cpu_type}.
1451Beta versions of the Sun 4.0 compiler do not seem to be able to build
1452GNU CC correctly. There are also problems with the host assembler and
1453linker that are fixed by using the GNU versions of these tools.
1454
1455@item powerpcle-*-eabisim
1456Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode for use in running under
1457the PSIM simulator.
1458
1459@itemx powerpcle-*-eabi
1460Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode.
1461
1462You can specify a default version for the @samp{-mcpu=}@var{cpu_type}
1463switch by using the configure option @samp{--with-cpu-}@var{cpu_type}.
1464
1465@item powerpcle-*-winnt
1466@itemx powerpcle-*-pe
1467PowerPC system in little endian mode running Windows NT.
1468
1469You can specify a default version for the @samp{-mcpu=}@var{cpu_type}
1470switch by using the configure option @samp{--with-cpu-}@var{cpu_type}.
1471
1472@item vax-dec-ultrix
1473Don't try compiling with Vax C (@code{vcc}). It produces incorrect code
1474in some cases (for example, when @code{alloca} is used).
1475
1476Meanwhile, compiling @file{cp/parse.c} with pcc does not work because of
1477an internal table size limitation in that compiler. To avoid this
1478problem, compile just the GNU C compiler first, and use it to recompile
1479building all the languages that you want to run.
1480
1481@item sparc-sun-*
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1482See @ref{Sun Install}, for information on installing GNU CC on Sun
1483systems.
1484
1485@item vax-dec-vms
1486See @ref{VMS Install}, for details on how to install GNU CC on VMS.
1487
1488@item we32k-*-*
1489These computers are also known as the 3b2, 3b5, 3b20 and other similar
1490names. (However, the 3b1 is actually a 68000; see
1491@ref{Configurations}.)
1492
1493Don't use @samp{-g} when compiling with the system's compiler. The
1494system's linker seems to be unable to handle such a large program with
1495debugging information.
1496
1497The system's compiler runs out of capacity when compiling @file{stmt.c}
1498in GNU CC. You can work around this by building @file{cpp} in GNU CC
1499first, then use that instead of the system's preprocessor with the
1500system's C compiler to compile @file{stmt.c}. Here is how:
1501
1502@smallexample
1503mv /lib/cpp /lib/cpp.att
1504cp cpp /lib/cpp.gnu
1505echo '/lib/cpp.gnu -traditional $@{1+"$@@"@}' > /lib/cpp
1506chmod +x /lib/cpp
1507@end smallexample
1508
1509The system's compiler produces bad code for some of the GNU CC
1510optimization files. So you must build the stage 2 compiler without
1511optimization. Then build a stage 3 compiler with optimization.
1512That executable should work. Here are the necessary commands:
1513
1514@smallexample
1515make LANGUAGES=c CC=stage1/xgcc CFLAGS="-Bstage1/ -g"
1516make stage2
1517make CC=stage2/xgcc CFLAGS="-Bstage2/ -g -O"
1518@end smallexample
1519
1520You may need to raise the ULIMIT setting to build a C++ compiler,
1521as the file @file{cc1plus} is larger than one megabyte.
1522@end table
1523
1524@node Other Dir
1525@section Compilation in a Separate Directory
1526@cindex other directory, compilation in
1527@cindex compilation in a separate directory
1528@cindex separate directory, compilation in
1529
1530If you wish to build the object files and executables in a directory
1531other than the one containing the source files, here is what you must
1532do differently:
1533
1534@enumerate
1535@item
1536Make sure you have a version of Make that supports the @code{VPATH}
1537feature. (GNU Make supports it, as do Make versions on most BSD
1538systems.)
1539
1540@item
1541If you have ever run @file{configure} in the source directory, you must undo
1542the configuration. Do this by running:
1543
1544@example
1545make distclean
1546@end example
1547
1548@item
1549Go to the directory in which you want to build the compiler before
1550running @file{configure}:
1551
1552@example
1553mkdir gcc-sun3
1554cd gcc-sun3
1555@end example
1556
1557On systems that do not support symbolic links, this directory must be
1558on the same file system as the source code directory.
1559
1560@item
1561Specify where to find @file{configure} when you run it:
1562
1563@example
1564../gcc/configure @dots{}
1565@end example
1566
1567This also tells @code{configure} where to find the compiler sources;
1568@code{configure} takes the directory from the file name that was used to
1569invoke it. But if you want to be sure, you can specify the source
1570directory with the @samp{--srcdir} option, like this:
1571
1572@example
1573../gcc/configure --srcdir=../gcc @var{other options}
1574@end example
1575
1576The directory you specify with @samp{--srcdir} need not be the same
1577as the one that @code{configure} is found in.
1578@end enumerate
1579
1580Now, you can run @code{make} in that directory. You need not repeat the
1581configuration steps shown above, when ordinary source files change. You
1582must, however, run @code{configure} again when the configuration files
1583change, if your system does not support symbolic links.
1584
1585@node Cross-Compiler
1586@section Building and Installing a Cross-Compiler
1587@cindex cross-compiler, installation
1588
1589GNU CC can function as a cross-compiler for many machines, but not all.
1590
1591@itemize @bullet
1592@item
1593Cross-compilers for the Mips as target using the Mips assembler
1594currently do not work, because the auxiliary programs
1595@file{mips-tdump.c} and @file{mips-tfile.c} can't be compiled on
1596anything but a Mips. It does work to cross compile for a Mips
1597if you use the GNU assembler and linker.
1598
1599@item
1600Cross-compilers between machines with different floating point formats
1601have not all been made to work. GNU CC now has a floating point
1602emulator with which these can work, but each target machine description
1603needs to be updated to take advantage of it.
1604
1605@item
1606Cross-compilation between machines of different word sizes is
1607somewhat problematic and sometimes does not work.
1608@end itemize
1609
1610Since GNU CC generates assembler code, you probably need a
1611cross-assembler that GNU CC can run, in order to produce object files.
1612If you want to link on other than the target machine, you need a
1613cross-linker as well. You also need header files and libraries suitable
1614for the target machine that you can install on the host machine.
1615
1616@menu
1617* Steps of Cross:: Using a cross-compiler involves several steps
1618 that may be carried out on different machines.
1619* Configure Cross:: Configuring a cross-compiler.
1620* Tools and Libraries:: Where to put the linker and assembler, and the C library.
1621* Cross Headers:: Finding and installing header files
1622 for a cross-compiler.
1623* Cross Runtime:: Supplying arithmetic runtime routines (@file{libgcc1.a}).
1624* Build Cross:: Actually compiling the cross-compiler.
1625@end menu
1626
1627@node Steps of Cross
1628@subsection Steps of Cross-Compilation
1629
1630To compile and run a program using a cross-compiler involves several
1631steps:
1632
1633@itemize @bullet
1634@item
1635Run the cross-compiler on the host machine to produce assembler files
1636for the target machine. This requires header files for the target
1637machine.
1638
1639@item
1640Assemble the files produced by the cross-compiler. You can do this
1641either with an assembler on the target machine, or with a
1642cross-assembler on the host machine.
1643
1644@item
1645Link those files to make an executable. You can do this either with a
1646linker on the target machine, or with a cross-linker on the host
1647machine. Whichever machine you use, you need libraries and certain
1648startup files (typically @file{crt@dots{}.o}) for the target machine.
1649@end itemize
1650
1651It is most convenient to do all of these steps on the same host machine,
1652since then you can do it all with a single invocation of GNU CC. This
1653requires a suitable cross-assembler and cross-linker. For some targets,
1654the GNU assembler and linker are available.
1655
1656@node Configure Cross
1657@subsection Configuring a Cross-Compiler
1658
1659To build GNU CC as a cross-compiler, you start out by running
1660@file{configure}. Use the @samp{--target=@var{target}} to specify the
1661target type. If @file{configure} was unable to correctly identify the
1662system you are running on, also specify the @samp{--build=@var{build}}
1663option. For example, here is how to configure for a cross-compiler that
1664produces code for an HP 68030 system running BSD on a system that
1665@file{configure} can correctly identify:
1666
1667@smallexample
1668./configure --target=m68k-hp-bsd4.3
1669@end smallexample
1670
1671@node Tools and Libraries
1672@subsection Tools and Libraries for a Cross-Compiler
1673
1674If you have a cross-assembler and cross-linker available, you should
1675install them now. Put them in the directory
1676@file{/usr/local/@var{target}/bin}. Here is a table of the tools
1677you should put in this directory:
1678
1679@table @file
1680@item as
1681This should be the cross-assembler.
1682
1683@item ld
1684This should be the cross-linker.
1685
1686@item ar
1687This should be the cross-archiver: a program which can manipulate
1688archive files (linker libraries) in the target machine's format.
1689
1690@item ranlib
1691This should be a program to construct a symbol table in an archive file.
1692@end table
1693
1694The installation of GNU CC will find these programs in that directory,
1695and copy or link them to the proper place to for the cross-compiler to
1696find them when run later.
1697
1698The easiest way to provide these files is to build the Binutils package
1699and GAS. Configure them with the same @samp{--host} and @samp{--target}
1700options that you use for configuring GNU CC, then build and install
1701them. They install their executables automatically into the proper
1702directory. Alas, they do not support all the targets that GNU CC
1703supports.
1704
1705If you want to install libraries to use with the cross-compiler, such as
1706a standard C library, put them in the directory
1707@file{/usr/local/@var{target}/lib}; installation of GNU CC copies
1708all the files in that subdirectory into the proper place for GNU CC to
1709find them and link with them. Here's an example of copying some
1710libraries from a target machine:
1711
1712@example
1713ftp @var{target-machine}
1714lcd /usr/local/@var{target}/lib
1715cd /lib
1716get libc.a
1717cd /usr/lib
1718get libg.a
1719get libm.a
1720quit
1721@end example
1722
1723@noindent
1724The precise set of libraries you'll need, and their locations on
1725the target machine, vary depending on its operating system.
1726
1727@cindex start files
1728Many targets require ``start files'' such as @file{crt0.o} and
1729@file{crtn.o} which are linked into each executable; these too should be
1730placed in @file{/usr/local/@var{target}/lib}. There may be several
1731alternatives for @file{crt0.o}, for use with profiling or other
1732compilation options. Check your target's definition of
1733@code{STARTFILE_SPEC} to find out what start files it uses.
1734Here's an example of copying these files from a target machine:
1735
1736@example
1737ftp @var{target-machine}
1738lcd /usr/local/@var{target}/lib
1739prompt
1740cd /lib
1741mget *crt*.o
1742cd /usr/lib
1743mget *crt*.o
1744quit
1745@end example
1746
1747@node Cross Runtime
1748@subsection @file{libgcc.a} and Cross-Compilers
1749
1750Code compiled by GNU CC uses certain runtime support functions
1751implicitly. Some of these functions can be compiled successfully with
1752GNU CC itself, but a few cannot be. These problem functions are in the
1753source file @file{libgcc1.c}; the library made from them is called
1754@file{libgcc1.a}.
1755
1756When you build a native compiler, these functions are compiled with some
1757other compiler--the one that you use for bootstrapping GNU CC.
1758Presumably it knows how to open code these operations, or else knows how
1759to call the run-time emulation facilities that the machine comes with.
1760But this approach doesn't work for building a cross-compiler. The
1761compiler that you use for building knows about the host system, not the
1762target system.
1763
1764So, when you build a cross-compiler you have to supply a suitable
1765library @file{libgcc1.a} that does the job it is expected to do.
1766
1767To compile @file{libgcc1.c} with the cross-compiler itself does not
1768work. The functions in this file are supposed to implement arithmetic
1769operations that GNU CC does not know how to open code for your target
1770machine. If these functions are compiled with GNU CC itself, they
1771will compile into infinite recursion.
1772
1773On any given target, most of these functions are not needed. If GNU CC
1774can open code an arithmetic operation, it will not call these functions
1775to perform the operation. It is possible that on your target machine,
1776none of these functions is needed. If so, you can supply an empty
1777library as @file{libgcc1.a}.
1778
1779Many targets need library support only for multiplication and division.
1780If you are linking with a library that contains functions for
1781multiplication and division, you can tell GNU CC to call them directly
1782by defining the macros @code{MULSI3_LIBCALL}, and the like. These
1783macros need to be defined in the target description macro file. For
1784some targets, they are defined already. This may be sufficient to
1785avoid the need for libgcc1.a; if so, you can supply an empty library.
1786
1787Some targets do not have floating point instructions; they need other
1788functions in @file{libgcc1.a}, which do floating arithmetic.
1789Recent versions of GNU CC have a file which emulates floating point.
1790With a certain amount of work, you should be able to construct a
1791floating point emulator that can be used as @file{libgcc1.a}. Perhaps
1792future versions will contain code to do this automatically and
1793conveniently. That depends on whether someone wants to implement it.
1794
1795Some embedded targets come with all the necessary @file{libgcc1.a}
1796routines written in C or assembler. These targets build
1797@file{libgcc1.a} automatically and you do not need to do anything
1798special for them. Other embedded targets do not need any
1799@file{libgcc1.a} routines since all the necessary operations are
1800supported by the hardware.
1801
1802If your target system has another C compiler, you can configure GNU CC
1803as a native compiler on that machine, build just @file{libgcc1.a} with
1804@samp{make libgcc1.a} on that machine, and use the resulting file with
1805the cross-compiler. To do this, execute the following on the target
1806machine:
1807
1808@example
1809cd @var{target-build-dir}
1810./configure --host=sparc --target=sun3
1811make libgcc1.a
1812@end example
1813
1814@noindent
1815And then this on the host machine:
1816
1817@example
1818ftp @var{target-machine}
1819binary
1820cd @var{target-build-dir}
1821get libgcc1.a
1822quit
1823@end example
1824
1825Another way to provide the functions you need in @file{libgcc1.a} is to
1826define the appropriate @code{perform_@dots{}} macros for those
1827functions. If these definitions do not use the C arithmetic operators
1828that they are meant to implement, you should be able to compile them
1829with the cross-compiler you are building. (If these definitions already
1830exist for your target file, then you are all set.)
1831
1832To build @file{libgcc1.a} using the perform macros, use
1833@samp{LIBGCC1=libgcc1.a OLDCC=./xgcc} when building the compiler.
1834Otherwise, you should place your replacement library under the name
1835@file{libgcc1.a} in the directory in which you will build the
1836cross-compiler, before you run @code{make}.
1837
1838@node Cross Headers
1839@subsection Cross-Compilers and Header Files
1840
1841If you are cross-compiling a standalone program or a program for an
1842embedded system, then you may not need any header files except the few
1843that are part of GNU CC (and those of your program). However, if you
1844intend to link your program with a standard C library such as
1845@file{libc.a}, then you probably need to compile with the header files
1846that go with the library you use.
1847
1848The GNU C compiler does not come with these files, because (1) they are
1849system-specific, and (2) they belong in a C library, not in a compiler.
1850
1851If the GNU C library supports your target machine, then you can get the
1852header files from there (assuming you actually use the GNU library when
1853you link your program).
1854
1855If your target machine comes with a C compiler, it probably comes with
1856suitable header files also. If you make these files accessible from the host
1857machine, the cross-compiler can use them also.
1858
1859Otherwise, you're on your own in finding header files to use when
1860cross-compiling.
1861
1862When you have found suitable header files, put them in the directory
1863@file{/usr/local/@var{target}/include}, before building the cross
1864compiler. Then installation will run fixincludes properly and install
1865the corrected versions of the header files where the compiler will use
1866them.
1867
1868Provide the header files before you build the cross-compiler, because
1869the build stage actually runs the cross-compiler to produce parts of
1870@file{libgcc.a}. (These are the parts that @emph{can} be compiled with
1871GNU CC.) Some of them need suitable header files.
1872
1873Here's an example showing how to copy the header files from a target
1874machine. On the target machine, do this:
1875
1876@example
1877(cd /usr/include; tar cf - .) > tarfile
1878@end example
1879
1880Then, on the host machine, do this:
1881
1882@example
1883ftp @var{target-machine}
1884lcd /usr/local/@var{target}/include
1885get tarfile
1886quit
1887tar xf tarfile
1888@end example
1889
1890@node Build Cross
1891@subsection Actually Building the Cross-Compiler
1892
1893Now you can proceed just as for compiling a single-machine compiler
1894through the step of building stage 1. If you have not provided some
1895sort of @file{libgcc1.a}, then compilation will give up at the point
1896where it needs that file, printing a suitable error message. If you
1897do provide @file{libgcc1.a}, then building the compiler will automatically
1898compile and link a test program called @file{libgcc1-test}; if you get
1899errors in the linking, it means that not all of the necessary routines
1900in @file{libgcc1.a} are available.
1901
1902You must provide the header file @file{float.h}. One way to do this is
1903to compile @file{enquire} and run it on your target machine. The job of
1904@file{enquire} is to run on the target machine and figure out by
1905experiment the nature of its floating point representation.
1906@file{enquire} records its findings in the header file @file{float.h}.
1907If you can't produce this file by running @file{enquire} on the target
1908machine, then you will need to come up with a suitable @file{float.h} in
1909some other way (or else, avoid using it in your programs).
1910
1911Do not try to build stage 2 for a cross-compiler. It doesn't work to
1912rebuild GNU CC as a cross-compiler using the cross-compiler, because
1913that would produce a program that runs on the target machine, not on the
1914host. For example, if you compile a 386-to-68030 cross-compiler with
1915itself, the result will not be right either for the 386 (because it was
1916compiled into 68030 code) or for the 68030 (because it was configured
1917for a 386 as the host). If you want to compile GNU CC into 68030 code,
1918whether you compile it on a 68030 or with a cross-compiler on a 386, you
1919must specify a 68030 as the host when you configure it.
1920
1921To install the cross-compiler, use @samp{make install}, as usual.
1922
1923@node Sun Install
1924@section Installing GNU CC on the Sun
1925@cindex Sun installation
1926@cindex installing GNU CC on the Sun
1927
1928On Solaris (version 2.1), do not use the linker or other tools in
1929@file{/usr/ucb} to build GNU CC. Use @code{/usr/ccs/bin}.
1930
1931Make sure the environment variable @code{FLOAT_OPTION} is not set when
1932you compile @file{libgcc.a}. If this option were set to @code{f68881}
1933when @file{libgcc.a} is compiled, the resulting code would demand to be
1934linked with a special startup file and would not link properly without
1935special pains.
1936
1937@cindex @code{alloca}, for SunOS
1938There is a bug in @code{alloca} in certain versions of the Sun library.
1939To avoid this bug, install the binaries of GNU CC that were compiled by
1940GNU CC. They use @code{alloca} as a built-in function and never the one
1941in the library.
1942
1943Some versions of the Sun compiler crash when compiling GNU CC. The
1944problem is a segmentation fault in cpp. This problem seems to be due to
1945the bulk of data in the environment variables. You may be able to avoid
1946it by using the following command to compile GNU CC with Sun CC:
1947
1948@example
1949make CC="TERMCAP=x OBJS=x LIBFUNCS=x STAGESTUFF=x cc"
1950@end example
1951
1952SunOS 4.1.3 and 4.1.3_U1 have bugs that can cause intermittent core
1953dumps when compiling GNU CC. A common symptom is an
1954internal compiler error which does not recur if you run it again.
1955To fix the problem, install Sun recommended patch 100726 (for SunOS 4.1.3)
1956or 101508 (for SunOS 4.1.3_U1), or upgrade to a later SunOS release.
1957
1958@node VMS Install
1959@section Installing GNU CC on VMS
1960@cindex VMS installation
1961@cindex installing GNU CC on VMS
1962
1963The VMS version of GNU CC is distributed in a backup saveset containing
1964both source code and precompiled binaries.
1965
1966To install the @file{gcc} command so you can use the compiler easily, in
1967the same manner as you use the VMS C compiler, you must install the VMS CLD
1968file for GNU CC as follows:
1969
1970@enumerate
1971@item
1972Define the VMS logical names @samp{GNU_CC} and @samp{GNU_CC_INCLUDE}
1973to point to the directories where the GNU CC executables
1974(@file{gcc-cpp.exe}, @file{gcc-cc1.exe}, etc.) and the C include files are
1975kept respectively. This should be done with the commands:@refill
1976
1977@smallexample
1978$ assign /system /translation=concealed -
1979 disk:[gcc.] gnu_cc
1980$ assign /system /translation=concealed -
1981 disk:[gcc.include.] gnu_cc_include
1982@end smallexample
1983
1984@noindent
1985with the appropriate disk and directory names. These commands can be
1986placed in your system startup file so they will be executed whenever
1987the machine is rebooted. You may, if you choose, do this via the
1988@file{GCC_INSTALL.COM} script in the @file{[GCC]} directory.
1989
1990@item
1991Install the @file{GCC} command with the command line:
1992
1993@smallexample
1994$ set command /table=sys$common:[syslib]dcltables -
1995 /output=sys$common:[syslib]dcltables gnu_cc:[000000]gcc
1996$ install replace sys$common:[syslib]dcltables
1997@end smallexample
1998
1999@item
2000To install the help file, do the following:
2001
2002@smallexample
2003$ library/help sys$library:helplib.hlb gcc.hlp
2004@end smallexample
2005
2006@noindent
2007Now you can invoke the compiler with a command like @samp{gcc /verbose
2008file.c}, which is equivalent to the command @samp{gcc -v -c file.c} in
2009Unix.
2010@end enumerate
2011
2012If you wish to use GNU C++ you must first install GNU CC, and then
2013perform the following steps:
2014
2015@enumerate
2016@item
2017Define the VMS logical name @samp{GNU_GXX_INCLUDE} to point to the
2018directory where the preprocessor will search for the C++ header files.
2019This can be done with the command:@refill
2020
2021@smallexample
2022$ assign /system /translation=concealed -
2023 disk:[gcc.gxx_include.] gnu_gxx_include
2024@end smallexample
2025
2026@noindent
2027with the appropriate disk and directory name. If you are going to be
2028using libg++, this is where the libg++ install procedure will install
2029the libg++ header files.
2030
2031@item
2032Obtain the file @file{gcc-cc1plus.exe}, and place this in the same
2033directory that @file{gcc-cc1.exe} is kept.
2034
2035The GNU C++ compiler can be invoked with a command like @samp{gcc /plus
2036/verbose file.cc}, which is equivalent to the command @samp{g++ -v -c
2037file.cc} in Unix.
2038@end enumerate
2039
2040We try to put corresponding binaries and sources on the VMS distribution
2041tape. But sometimes the binaries will be from an older version than the
2042sources, because we don't always have time to update them. (Use the
2043@samp{/version} option to determine the version number of the binaries and
2044compare it with the source file @file{version.c} to tell whether this is
2045so.) In this case, you should use the binaries you get to recompile the
2046sources. If you must recompile, here is how:
2047
2048@enumerate
2049@item
2050Execute the command procedure @file{vmsconfig.com} to set up the files
2051@file{tm.h}, @file{config.h}, @file{aux-output.c}, and @file{md.}, and
2052to create files @file{tconfig.h} and @file{hconfig.h}. This procedure
2053also creates several linker option files used by @file{make-cc1.com} and
2054a data file used by @file{make-l2.com}.@refill
2055
2056@smallexample
2057$ @@vmsconfig.com
2058@end smallexample
2059
2060@item
2061Setup the logical names and command tables as defined above. In
2062addition, define the VMS logical name @samp{GNU_BISON} to point at the
2063to the directories where the Bison executable is kept. This should be
2064done with the command:@refill
2065
2066@smallexample
2067$ assign /system /translation=concealed -
2068 disk:[bison.] gnu_bison
2069@end smallexample
2070
2071You may, if you choose, use the @file{INSTALL_BISON.COM} script in the
2072@file{[BISON]} directory.
2073
2074@item
2075Install the @samp{BISON} command with the command line:@refill
2076
2077@smallexample
2078$ set command /table=sys$common:[syslib]dcltables -
2079 /output=sys$common:[syslib]dcltables -
2080 gnu_bison:[000000]bison
2081$ install replace sys$common:[syslib]dcltables
2082@end smallexample
2083
2084@item
2085Type @samp{@@make-gcc} to recompile everything (alternatively, submit
2086the file @file{make-gcc.com} to a batch queue). If you wish to build
2087the GNU C++ compiler as well as the GNU CC compiler, you must first edit
2088@file{make-gcc.com} and follow the instructions that appear in the
2089comments.@refill
2090
2091@item
2092In order to use GCC, you need a library of functions which GCC compiled code
2093will call to perform certain tasks, and these functions are defined in the
2094file @file{libgcc2.c}. To compile this you should use the command procedure
2095@file{make-l2.com}, which will generate the library @file{libgcc2.olb}.
2096@file{libgcc2.olb} should be built using the compiler built from
2097the same distribution that @file{libgcc2.c} came from, and
2098@file{make-gcc.com} will automatically do all of this for you.
2099
2100To install the library, use the following commands:@refill
2101
2102@smallexample
2103$ library gnu_cc:[000000]gcclib/delete=(new,eprintf)
2104$ library gnu_cc:[000000]gcclib/delete=L_*
2105$ library libgcc2/extract=*/output=libgcc2.obj
2106$ library gnu_cc:[000000]gcclib libgcc2.obj
2107@end smallexample
2108
2109The first command simply removes old modules that will be replaced with
2110modules from @file{libgcc2} under different module names. The modules
2111@code{new} and @code{eprintf} may not actually be present in your
2112@file{gcclib.olb}---if the VMS librarian complains about those modules
2113not being present, simply ignore the message and continue on with the
2114next command. The second command removes the modules that came from the
2115previous version of the library @file{libgcc2.c}.
2116
2117Whenever you update the compiler on your system, you should also update the
2118library with the above procedure.
2119
2120@item
2121You may wish to build GCC in such a way that no files are written to the
2122directory where the source files reside. An example would be the when
2123the source files are on a read-only disk. In these cases, execute the
2124following DCL commands (substituting your actual path names):
2125
2126@smallexample
2127$ assign dua0:[gcc.build_dir.]/translation=concealed, -
2128 dua1:[gcc.source_dir.]/translation=concealed gcc_build
2129$ set default gcc_build:[000000]
2130@end smallexample
2131
2132@noindent
2133where the directory @file{dua1:[gcc.source_dir]} contains the source
2134code, and the directory @file{dua0:[gcc.build_dir]} is meant to contain
2135all of the generated object files and executables. Once you have done
2136this, you can proceed building GCC as described above. (Keep in mind
2137that @file{gcc_build} is a rooted logical name, and thus the device
2138names in each element of the search list must be an actual physical
2139device name rather than another rooted logical name).
2140
2141@item
2142@strong{If you are building GNU CC with a previous version of GNU CC,
2143you also should check to see that you have the newest version of the
2144assembler}. In particular, GNU CC version 2 treats global constant
2145variables slightly differently from GNU CC version 1, and GAS version
21461.38.1 does not have the patches required to work with GCC version 2.
2147If you use GAS 1.38.1, then @code{extern const} variables will not have
2148the read-only bit set, and the linker will generate warning messages
2149about mismatched psect attributes for these variables. These warning
2150messages are merely a nuisance, and can safely be ignored.
2151
2152If you are compiling with a version of GNU CC older than 1.33, specify
2153@samp{/DEFINE=("inline=")} as an option in all the compilations. This
2154requires editing all the @code{gcc} commands in @file{make-cc1.com}.
2155(The older versions had problems supporting @code{inline}.) Once you
2156have a working 1.33 or newer GNU CC, you can change this file back.
2157
2158@item
2159If you want to build GNU CC with the VAX C compiler, you will need to
2160make minor changes in @file{make-cccp.com} and @file{make-cc1.com}
2161to choose alternate definitions of @code{CC}, @code{CFLAGS}, and
2162@code{LIBS}. See comments in those files. However, you must
2163also have a working version of the GNU assembler (GNU as, aka GAS) as
2164it is used as the back-end for GNU CC to produce binary object modules
2165and is not included in the GNU CC sources. GAS is also needed to
2166compile @file{libgcc2} in order to build @file{gcclib} (see above);
2167@file{make-l2.com} expects to be able to find it operational in
2168@file{gnu_cc:[000000]gnu-as.exe}.
2169
2170To use GNU CC on VMS, you need the VMS driver programs
2171@file{gcc.exe}, @file{gcc.com}, and @file{gcc.cld}. They are
2172distributed with the VMS binaries (@file{gcc-vms}) rather than the
2173GNU CC sources. GAS is also included in @file{gcc-vms}, as is Bison.
2174
2175Once you have successfully built GNU CC with VAX C, you should use the
2176resulting compiler to rebuild itself. Before doing this, be sure to
2177restore the @code{CC}, @code{CFLAGS}, and @code{LIBS} definitions in
2178@file{make-cccp.com} and @file{make-cc1.com}. The second generation
2179compiler will be able to take advantage of many optimizations that must
2180be suppressed when building with other compilers.
2181@end enumerate
2182
2183Under previous versions of GNU CC, the generated code would occasionally
2184give strange results when linked with the sharable @file{VAXCRTL} library.
2185Now this should work.
2186
2187Even with this version, however, GNU CC itself should not be linked with
2188the sharable @file{VAXCRTL}. The version of @code{qsort} in
2189@file{VAXCRTL} has a bug (known to be present in VMS versions V4.6
2190through V5.5) which causes the compiler to fail.
2191
2192The executables are generated by @file{make-cc1.com} and
2193@file{make-cccp.com} use the object library version of @file{VAXCRTL} in
2194order to make use of the @code{qsort} routine in @file{gcclib.olb}. If
2195you wish to link the compiler executables with the shareable image
2196version of @file{VAXCRTL}, you should edit the file @file{tm.h} (created
2197by @file{vmsconfig.com}) to define the macro @code{QSORT_WORKAROUND}.
2198
2199@code{QSORT_WORKAROUND} is always defined when GNU CC is compiled with
2200VAX C, to avoid a problem in case @file{gcclib.olb} is not yet
2201available.
2202
2203@node Collect2
2204@section @code{collect2}
2205
2206Many target systems do not have support in the assembler and linker for
2207``constructors''---initialization functions to be called before the
2208official ``start'' of @code{main}. On such systems, GNU CC uses a
2209utility called @code{collect2} to arrange to call these functions at
2210start time.
2211
2212The program @code{collect2} works by linking the program once and
2213looking through the linker output file for symbols with particular names
2214indicating they are constructor functions. If it finds any, it
2215creates a new temporary @samp{.c} file containing a table of them,
2216compiles it, and links the program a second time including that file.
2217
2218@findex __main
2219@cindex constructors, automatic calls
2220The actual calls to the constructors are carried out by a subroutine
2221called @code{__main}, which is called (automatically) at the beginning
2222of the body of @code{main} (provided @code{main} was compiled with GNU
2223CC). Calling @code{__main} is necessary, even when compiling C code, to
2224allow linking C and C++ object code together. (If you use
2225@samp{-nostdlib}, you get an unresolved reference to @code{__main},
2226since it's defined in the standard GCC library. Include @samp{-lgcc} at
2227the end of your compiler command line to resolve this reference.)
2228
2229The program @code{collect2} is installed as @code{ld} in the directory
2230where the passes of the compiler are installed. When @code{collect2}
2231needs to find the @emph{real} @code{ld}, it tries the following file
2232names:
2233
2234@itemize @bullet
2235@item
2236@file{real-ld} in the directories listed in the compiler's search
2237directories.
2238
2239@item
2240@file{real-ld} in the directories listed in the environment variable
2241@code{PATH}.
2242
2243@item
2244The file specified in the @code{REAL_LD_FILE_NAME} configuration macro,
2245if specified.
2246
2247@item
2248@file{ld} in the compiler's search directories, except that
2249@code{collect2} will not execute itself recursively.
2250
2251@item
2252@file{ld} in @code{PATH}.
2253@end itemize
2254
2255``The compiler's search directories'' means all the directories where
2256@code{gcc} searches for passes of the compiler. This includes
2257directories that you specify with @samp{-B}.
2258
2259Cross-compilers search a little differently:
2260
2261@itemize @bullet
2262@item
2263@file{real-ld} in the compiler's search directories.
2264
2265@item
2266@file{@var{target}-real-ld} in @code{PATH}.
2267
2268@item
2269The file specified in the @code{REAL_LD_FILE_NAME} configuration macro,
2270if specified.
2271
2272@item
2273@file{ld} in the compiler's search directories.
2274
2275@item
2276@file{@var{target}-ld} in @code{PATH}.
2277@end itemize
2278
2279@code{collect2} explicitly avoids running @code{ld} using the file name
2280under which @code{collect2} itself was invoked. In fact, it remembers
2281up a list of such names---in case one copy of @code{collect2} finds
2282another copy (or version) of @code{collect2} installed as @code{ld} in a
2283second place in the search path.
2284
2285@code{collect2} searches for the utilities @code{nm} and @code{strip}
2286using the same algorithm as above for @code{ld}.
2287
2288@node Header Dirs
2289@section Standard Header File Directories
2290
2291@code{GCC_INCLUDE_DIR} means the same thing for native and cross. It is
2292where GNU CC stores its private include files, and also where GNU CC
2293stores the fixed include files. A cross compiled GNU CC runs
2294@code{fixincludes} on the header files in @file{$(tooldir)/include}.
2295(If the cross compilation header files need to be fixed, they must be
2296installed before GNU CC is built. If the cross compilation header files
2297are already suitable for ANSI C and GNU CC, nothing special need be
2298done).
2299
2300@code{GPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR} means the same thing for native and cross. It
2301is where @code{g++} looks first for header files. @code{libg++}
2302installs only target independent header files in that directory.
2303
2304@code{LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR} is used only for a native compiler. It is
2305normally @file{/usr/local/include}. GNU CC searches this directory so
2306that users can install header files in @file{/usr/local/include}.
2307
2308@code{CROSS_INCLUDE_DIR} is used only for a cross compiler. GNU CC
2309doesn't install anything there.
2310
2311@code{TOOL_INCLUDE_DIR} is used for both native and cross compilers. It
2312is the place for other packages to install header files that GNU CC will
2313use. For a cross-compiler, this is the equivalent of
2314@file{/usr/include}. When you build a cross-compiler,
2315@code{fixincludes} processes any header files in this directory.
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