Re: Re: Compiler FreeBSD10
"Marc Lörner" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.devel.ia64 |
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On Dec 13, 2011, at 03:56 AM, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > >On Dec 8, 2011, at 5:44 AM, Marc Lörner wrote: > >> Hello list, Marcel! >> >> As I'd seen the plans for FreeBSD 10 are to get rid of >> gcc and stick with clang/llvm. But clang/llvm removed >> backend support for ia64, so what are the plans of >> compiler usage for FreeBSD 10 on itanium? >> Stick with gcc or is someone working on itanium support for >> llvm apart from the main llvm-project? >> Marcel I saw that you made some llvm patches some time ago. > >I started porting LLVM to ia64 again. The projects/llvm-ia64 >branch is where the work is done. It's a lot of work and I >lack time, so it's progress is slow in general and stalled >right now. > As I wanted to have some deeper look at LLVM, for some time now. Maybe I find some time over christmas holidays to pull your branch and gain some insights. Then maybe I can help you porting to ia64. >In parallel, there's work planned to add better support for >external toolchains and cross-building to FreeBSD. This should >make it easier to use an out-of-tree compiler in case GCC >gets removed from the source tree. > Yes I know, I attended your short summary of what work was done in devsummit at EuroBSDCon. >I don't know where things will land for 10.0, but I would >definitely like to see ia64 buildable in some form or shape. Me, too. Either with usage of an out of tree gcc compiler or an ported llvm. Regards, Marc -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurück-Garantie! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ia64 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"