Re: GCC 3.3 on AlphaVMS under GNV

[Bernard Giroud]

Hi all,

I'm in the process of building a GCC C compiler version 3.3
on OpenVMS Alpha under GNV.

I hit two real problems so far:

1) the compiler emits named ".section" directives which are
   not accepted by gas 2.13.91 (seems to be only for elf).
   AFAICS this behavior is not changed in current CVS.
   Did I miss some point ? Is this target only for elf ?
  I'm willing to do the change in the EVAX model for gas,
  if it is the right way to go ? What is the history on VMS
   modifications ?

2) The compiler bumps when trying to compile _muldi3:
   it seems related to __asm__ and output operand. This
   is the smaller code which induces the abort:

CHROME::BG>type t.i
int main(int argc, char **argv) {int i = 5;
   __asm__ ("umulh %r1":"=r"(i):);
}
CHROME::BG>mc sys$disk:[]cc1 -fpreprocessed t.i  -quiet -version -o t.s
GNU C version 3.3 20030429 (prerelease) (OpenVMS/Alpha) compiled by CC.
GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=30 --param ggc-min-heapsize=4096
t.i: In function `main':
t.i:2: internal compiler error: Bus error

   Here also before I start debugging the compiler, has anyone
already hit that problem ?

Best regards,

Bernard Giroud
Credit Lyonnais (Suisse) SA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas B Rupp" <address@hidden>
To: "Bernard Giroud" <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: GCC 3.3 on AlphaVMS under GNV


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We don't do much with Gnu C. We maintain it only so that we can bootstrap
and compile the few "C" parts of GNAT (Gnu Ada) on VMS..  If your only
interest is in "C", you are much better off sticking with DEC C.

> What is the current status ?
I'm baselined on gcc-3.2.3  but occasionally build using head sources.
Currently there's a problem with the new autoconf requirement on the head.
> How did you build it ?
$ bash -c ".../configure ..."
$ bash -c "make ..."
> Did you try under GNV or under DCL ?
Neither. I have my own set of Gnu tools.
> How did you solve the problem of the variable readonly in varasm.c ?
> Are you the author of the FILE_TYPE_OVERLOADED #ifdef in system.h ?
> If not (I don't remember how I got it!), how did you solve the problem
> of compiling with a standard stdio.h form hp with the macro FILE_TYPE ?
It sounds like you are trying to build with DEC C?  I haven't done that in
years.
> How was pexecute running with fork (vfork?) ?
#define fork vfork








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