Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:27:35 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Craig Butler <craig001@lerwick.hopto.org> Cc: freebsd-sparc64 <freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: clang and sparc64 Message-ID: <50572547.9080308@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <1347863773.22751.4.camel@zbox> References: <1347863773.22751.4.camel@zbox>
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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
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