[llvm-dev] LLVMHello doesn't work - Loadable modules

[NAKAMURA Takumi via llvm-dev]

Mingw can configure LLVM as loadable modules. ATM, it requires
BUILD_SHARED_LIBS.

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 4:33 AM João Francisco via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> Ok. Thank you. But can I use LLVMHello in another way, instead a loadable
> module? In another words, there is another way to build passes in LLVM
> whitout using loadable modules? All documents that I saw are using loadable
> modules. Is it not possible to write a new pass to LLVM in Windows?
> Thanks.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *De:* meinersbur at googlemail.com <meinersbur at googlemail.com> em nome de
> Michael Kruse <llvmdev at meinersbur.de>
> *Enviado:* segunda-feira, 15 de maio de 2017 11:09
> *Para:* João Francisco
> *Cc:* llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
> *Assunto:* Re: [llvm-dev] LLVMHello doesn't work - Loadable modules
>
> Loadable modules are not supported on Windows. The windows platform
> requires that each dynamically imported symbol also declare the dll it
> is imported from. In the source, this would be done by annotation
> every symbol as  __declspec(dllimport)/__declspec(dllimport) (or write
> a.DEF file). This has not been done in LLVM's source.
>
> I am not sure about the future of loadable modules. The new pass
> manager doesn't support that mechanism (yet?).
>
> Michael
>
>
> 2017-05-11 17:16 GMT+02:00 João Francisco via llvm-dev
> <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>:
> > When I build LLVM, the message LLVMHello ignored -- Loadable modules not
> > supported on this platform is shown and the LLVM Hello pass doesn't
> work. I
> > am using Windows. Is this correct? LLVM Hello pass works only on Linux?
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
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