powerpc-unknown-linux port

[Michael Weber]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 14:43:49 +0200, Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
> I'd like to try to port GHC to powerpc-unknown-linux.  There seems to
> be only x86 HC files available for GHC 5.00.2.  Would those be of any
> help to me?

No, you need unregisterised HC files, which involved a 2-stage build.

I already build them for 5.00.2 and i can upload them somewhere, if
you want me to.


BUT:
I also tried to port GHC to powerpc-linux... currently it barfs here:
[...]
===fptools== Finished making `all' in cbits ...
PWD = /home/michaelw/debian/porting/ghc5-5.00.2/hslibs/lang
------------------------------------------------------------------------
gcc -x c Addr.hc -o Addr.raw_s -S -O  -finhibit-size-directive
-static -D__GLASGOW_HASKELL__=500  -O
-I/home/michaelw/debian/porting/ghc5-5.00.2/ghc/includes
-I/home/michaelw/debian/porting/ghc5-5.00.2/ghc/lib/std/cbits
-I/home/michaelw/debian/porting/ghc5-5.00.2/hslibs/lang/cbits
-I/home/michaelw/debian/porting/ghc5-5.00.2/hslibs/posix/cbits
-I/home/michaelw/debian/porting/ghc5-5.00.2/hslibs/util/cbits
-I/home/michaelw/debian/porting/ghc5-5.00.2/hslibs/text/cbits
-I/home/michaelw/debian/porting/ghc5-5.00.2/hslibs/hssource/cbits
-I.  `echo  -DSTOLEN_X86_REGS=3 | sed 's/^$/-DSTOLEN_X86_REGS=4/'`
../../ghc/driver/mangler/ghc-asm Addr.raw_s Addr.s  3
gcc -c -o Addr.o Addr.s
Addr.s: Assembler messages:
Addr.s:1: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.toc'
Addr.s:3: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.csect'
Addr.s:9: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.csect'
Addr.s:18: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.csect'
Addr.s:76: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.csect'
Addr.s:86: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.csect'
Addr.s:96: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.csect'
Addr.s:107: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.csect'
Addr.s:117: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.csect'
Addr.s:128: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.csect'
Addr.s:144: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.csect'
Addr.s:193: Error: Unrecognized opcode: `toc[tc0],'
[lots more of this]
make[2]: *** [Addr.o] Error 1
rm Addr.s Addr.raw_s
make[1]: *** [all] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/michaelw/debian/porting/ghc5-5.00.2/hslibs'
make: *** [all] Error 1
zsh: exit 2     make all


This is with the unregisterized .hc files copied to a build tree on a
powerpc and then invoking 'hc-build'.  I didn't had the time so far to
investigate further on this issue...

One of the MacOS X porters (IIRC) mentioned to me, that eventually the
.hc files are not REALLY unregisterized, but i can't see any problems
with them...

Here's mk/build.mk, which I used to produce the .hc files:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
GhcLibWays =

port_opts       = -O -keep-hc-files-too -optc-DNO_REGS -optc-DUSE_MINIINTERPRETER -fno-asm-mangling -funregisterised -fvia-C
GhcLibHcOpts    = $(port_opts)
# GhcHcOpts     = $(port_opts)
GhcRtsHcOpts    = $(port_opts)

EXTRA_CC_OPTS = -DNO_REGS

#
GhcUnregisterised = YES
GhcWithNativeCodeGen = NO
StripLibraries = NO
SplitObjs = NO
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

I used the same for the second stage, but added:
WithGhcHc = $(FPTOOLS_TOP_ABS)/../stage1/obj/bin/ghc

and also added the according `--with-hc' option to configure

Those I took to the powerpc, unpacked them onto a fresh source tree,
and started building... with the above results...



Cheers,
M/
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