[cfe-dev] Consult how to cross compile clang for arm on x86 linux ubuntu box

[Puyan Lotfi via cfe-dev]

Also if you want to see how I setup my sysroot you can take a look at: https://github.com/plotfi/llvm-pi/blob/master/Dockerfile

-Puyan

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> On Aug 20, 2020, at 2:38 AM, David Spickett via cfe-dev <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Andy,
> 
> Assuming you are compiling with clang, I think -target and --sysroot
> need to be added to CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS instead of being cmake arguments
> themselves.
> 
> "However, if you’re using Clang, the driver might not be up-to-date
> with your specific Linux distribution, version or GCC layout, so
> you’ll need to fudge.
> 
> In addition to the ones above, you’ll also need:"
> 
> Means you'll need extra CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS. (I also made the same mistake
> on first reading) So try:
> -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-target arm-linux-gnueabihf
> --sysroot=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf"
> 
> Also I think (not tried your exact config) you need to tell cmake you
> want to use clang by doing:
> -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++
> 
> If you're using GCC, skip the target and sysroot CFLAGS. Also I found
> that I had to explicitly give cmake the gcc name (similar to above):
> -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc
> -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++-5
> I have a feeling CMake should find this on its own but I don't know
> enough to say.
> 
> If the default triple is still x86 by that point you can set that
> with: -DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE=arm-linux-gnueabihf
> (probably won't be an issue)
> 
> Thanks,
> David Spickett.
> 
>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 at 03:15, Dongdong Yang via cfe-dev
>> <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I can get llvm source code and the information “cross-compiling from x86_64 to ARM” from https://llvm.org/docs/HowToCrossCompileLLVM.html. However, I still fail to build clang for ARM. It is strange, I have already set a target with "   -target arm-linux-gnueabihf  "  .  I am describing the failure progress as below. Expecting any idea.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The build steps:
>> cd llvm-project
>> mkdir build
>> cd build
>> cmake -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS=clang -G "Unix Makefiles"
>> make
>> // After I built host llvm-tblgen  and clang-tblgen, I begin to return to build arm target clang as below steps:
>> cd ..
>> mkdir build_arm_onx86
>> cd build_arm_onx86
>> mkdir stall_prefix
>> cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=./stall_prefix  -DLLVM_TABLEGEN=/home_2t/workspace/llvm_clang/llvm-project/build/bin/llvm-tblgen -DCLANG_TABLEGEN=/home_2t/workspace/llvm_clang/llvm-project/build/bin/clang-tblgen -DLLVM_TARGET_ARCH=ARM -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=ARM  -target arm-linux-gnueabihf  -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;libcxx;libcxxabi"  ../llvm    2>&1 | tee out_cofiguration.txt
>> make  2>&1 | tee out_make.txt
>> 
>> The result:
>> 
>> build_arm_onx86$ file bin/clang-12
>> bin/clang-12: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=3b669c10e300bb5d9bb96cfb77f927ce95728ca6, not stripped
>> 
>> build_arm_onx86$ bin/clang --version
>> clang version 12.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git 3948341fa5fab2695b0df95edc248fe959e40664)
>> Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>> Thread model: posix
>> InstalledDir: /home_2t/workspace/llvm_clang/llvm-project/build_arm_onx86/bin
>> 
>> Seems it failed from the configuration as attached cmake output log.
>> -- LLVM host triple: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>> -- LLVM default target triple: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks in advance
>> 
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> Andy
>> 
>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 7:32 PM Dongdong Yang <contribute.kernel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> May I ask how to build clang for arm on x86 linux ubuntu box? And how to use  sysroot  to cross compile clang  libc++  for arm on x86 linux?   Appreciate any guidance.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Andy
>> 
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