From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 17 13:27:38 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70AB1106566B for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:27:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41D918FC14 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:27:38 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0MAH00904XE10T00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:27:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net ([unknown] [76.210.70.80]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0MAH008BRXDZ0Q00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:27:36 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:27:35 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <1347863773.22751.4.camel@zbox> To: Craig Butler Message-id: <50572547.9080308@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.70.80 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-16, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2012.9.17.131820, SenderIP=76.210.70.80 References: <1347863773.22751.4.camel@zbox> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120913 Thunderbird/15.0.1 Cc: freebsd-sparc64 Subject: Re: clang and sparc64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:27:38 -0000 On 09/17/12 01:36, Craig Butler wrote: > Hi Folks > > What is the latest on clang on the ultrasparc powered boxes ?? > > I remember reading something on freebsd-questions@ that clang doesn't > compile on sparc64. > > If the project pushes ahead and makes that the defacto compiler wont we > be a bit stuck ? > > I'll try a clang build later today after my Netra X1 dev machine has > finished updating... > > Kind Regards > > Craig Butler > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I believe that the main problem is that the LLVM SPARC backend is, as far as I can tell, unmaintained and bitrotting. It also mostly only produces 32-bit code -- I think there were some experimental patches for SPARC64, but I don't know what happened with those in the end. -Nathan