Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 09:15:11 -0700 From: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> To: mmel@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: www/firefox, Error: garbage following instruction...was: Re: RPI2, www/firefox, error: "NEON support not enabled" Message-ID: <20170508161511.GA64826@www.zefox.net> In-Reply-To: <7306a091-1350-d6cb-b329-c56f2d80c0bf@freebsd.org> References: <20170505151339.GA51255@www.zefox.net> <962F9C0D-C7C8-4940-A381-B3097FD2A138@dsl-only.net> <20170505182838.GB51255@www.zefox.net> <078B736E-4807-42C7-B6A5-656F3A50DAEB@dsl-only.net> <20170505230106.GA52464@www.zefox.net> <C2340D34-1A84-42CD-ADD5-FA5D5ADD553F@dsl-only.net> <20170506050140.GA54543@www.zefox.net> <20170508033331.GA61772@www.zefox.net> <80D06D70-8534-456C-A66F-CDD4CE0D5811@FreeBSD.org> <7306a091-1350-d6cb-b329-c56f2d80c0bf@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 01:08:46PM +0200, Michal Meloun wrote: > > On 08.05.2017 10:56, Dimitry Andric wrote: > > On 8 May 2017, at 05:33, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote: > >> > >> Is this worth a bug report, or is firefox too far over the horizon > >> for freebsd-arm? > >> > > > > Also, I wonder why they don't use the integrated assembler in clang, but > > that is an aspect of the firefox port I'm not familiar with. > > > > The integrated clang assembler cannot be used because Mozilla extensive > uses macros in assembly code, and macros are not supported by clang. > Moreover, many pieces of assembly files still uses pre-UAL syntax. > > Unfortunately, replacing base as (by the one from port) is not > sufficient - the Mozilla build system doesn't pass external CFLAGS to > assembly files (.S), so build fails again later. > I gather this is a familiar and relatively intractable problem 8-( Would a bug report be useful? bob prohaska
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