[cfe-dev] Building for target armv7a-win32-eabi not possible

[Jayvee Neumann via cfe-dev]

Hello Peter,

thank you for the quick answer.
Actually I do want ARM code and not Thumb code. The dynamic library I try
to build will be used from an environment that expects to call ARM code. I
have no influence on the fact that I need ARM code. I am also supposed to
link statically to a specialized prebuilt library providing runtime symbols
such as "__rt_sdiv" (platform "none" will need symbols such as "__divsi3"
for comparison). I have no influence on this circumstance, either.

This means the target armv7a-none-eabi is useless to me, as neither the
object format nor the expected runtime functions match my requirements.

So the original problem remains.

Best regards,
Jayvee

Am Di., 2. Okt. 2018 um 12:04 Uhr schrieb Peter Smith <
peter.smith at linaro.org>:

> Hello Jayvee,
>
> On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 at 10:30, Jayvee Neumann via cfe-dev
> <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello together,
> >
> > I have a question regarding the the target triple armv7a-win32-eabi. I
> want to emit ARM code (not thumb code) for windows. The object file should
> be in COFF.
> > When calling clang++ with that target and the "--verbose" switch, I can
> see that the generated triple is "tumbv7--windows-eabi". This is explicitly
> not what I specified as a target.
> > I then went ahead and changed the generated call to use "-triple
> armv7a--windows-eabi". This resulted in the compiler error:
> > > error: Function 'func' uses ARM instructions, but the target does not
> support ARM mode execution.
> > > fatal error: error in backend: unsupported relocation type:
> fixup_arm_uncondbl
> >
> > The question I have is, why is it prohibited to export ARM code for
> win32? When I replace "win32" with "none" I get no such error.
> >
>
> My, somewhat limited, understanding is that Windows for Arm is
> designed only for Thumb, for example there may be places in the tools
> and the OS that don't handle interworking between Arm and Thumb
> correctly. This prevents Arm instructions from being used safely on
> the platform. When you remove the win32 with none you are removing
> that platform specific restriction, however you are probably not
> getting a Windows compatible COFF file out either.
>
> I think you'll also not want EABI in your triple as that is the ELF
> ABI and not the Windows compatible COFF ABI that you'll need on
> Windows. You may want to try a target like thumbv7a-windows-msvc
>
> Peter
>
> > Best regards,
> > Jayvee
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