[LLVMdev] PowerPC JIT available for testing

Reid Spencer reid at x10sys.com
Sun Nov 28 10:32:32 PST 2004


On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 10:27, Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote:
> Le Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 12:00:03PM -0600, Chris Lattner écrivait/wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > This is just a note to mention that the PowerPC JIT is now operational and
> > begging for testing in mainline CVS.  There is one known problem (below),
> > but otherwise it works as well as the static PowerPC backend on the test
> > suite. [....]
> 
> I'll be delighted to test it, but so fare I was not able to compile
> LLVM, even on x86 (without the llvmgcc which I don't use).

You don't need llvmgcc to get the basic LLVM compiled. Just build with
"make tools-only".

> Are there precise build & use instructions for newbies wanting to test
> LLVM *in JIT mode only* (I did not found any)?

Not specifically for "JIT mode only" but you should review:

http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/docs/GettingStarted.html 

> 
> Again, I do not xant to use any llvmgcc stuff... I don't need it (and
> if it where absolutely needed for JIT use of LLVM I would give up
> using LLVM for JIT...)

Should be fine, just don't build the runtime stuff.

> 
> Regards.
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