<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Mar 29, 2008, at 11:53 PM, Kumaripaba Miyurusara Atukorala wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">hi,</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This e-mail is written to involve some of the project ideas in LLVM in GSOC this year. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I was looking in to the ideas mentioned under improving current system and found the idea of "<a name="118fe37035804cbe_programs">Compile programs with the LLVM Compiler</a>" to be interesting. I would like to compile one of the large code bases that have not yet been compiled with LLVM and convert the build system to be compatible with the LLVM Programs testsuite. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">But I have several doubts to be clarified. They are listed below.</span></div> <ul style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would like to know whether this is a suitable project for GSOC?</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What software has already been compiled with LLVM and what are not; so that I can identify the possible candidates for the project? </span></li> </ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></p></blockquote><div>I think this would be a great project. However, I would rephrase it to be more concrete.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>How about taking a linux distro like redhat or gentoo or whatever you are familiar of comfortable with, and try compiling the whole thing with llvm-gcc? As part of the GSoC project, you could file bug reports for any issues you hit and help track down problems. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>-Chris</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thank you</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Me:</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My name is Kumaripaba Atukorala and I am a computer science and engineering undergraduate [1]. I'm interested in compiler technology and have experience in C/C++ and java programming [2]. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">[1] - <a href="http://www.cse.mrt.ac.lk/" target="_blank">http://www.cse.mrt.ac.lk</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">[2] - <a href="http://paba50.googlepages.com/">http://paba50.googlepages.com</a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></p><a name="programs"></a> _______________________________________________<br>LLVM Developers mailing list<br>LLVMdev@cs.uiuc.edu <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu">http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu</a><br><a href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev</a><br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>