Re: Building gcc 2.95.2

[Phillip Ezolt <ezolt perf zko dec com>]

Wes,

I think this would be solved with a newer version of binutils. ('as'
in particular)  As for where to find them, I'm not sure....

--Phil

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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, W Bauske wrote:

> 
> I'm trying to build gcc on my XP1000 and get the following
> errors:
> 
> /z/home/src/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/xgcc -B/z/home/src/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/
> -B/z/home/alpha264/alphaev6-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ -c -g -O2 -fvtable-thunks
> -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-implicit-templates  -mieee -I. -I./stl -I../libio
> -I./../libio -nostdinc++ -D_IO_MTSAFE_IO -DF `for N in MAIN ADDCC ADDCF ADDFC
> SUBCC SUBCF SUBFC MULCC MULCF MULFC DIVCC DIVCF DIVFC PLUS MINUS EQCC EQCF EQFC
> NECC NECF NEFC ABS ARG POLAR CONJ
> NORM COS COSH EXP LOG POWCC POWCF POWCI POWFC SIN SINH SQRT; do echo " -D${N}";
> done` \
>   ./cinst.cc -o fcomplex.o
> /tmp/ccYM9zYc.s: Assembler messages:
> /tmp/ccYM9zYc.s:3626: Error: unknown opcode `sqrttsu'
> /tmp/ccYM9zYc.s:3696: Error: unknown opcode `sqrttsu'
> make[3]: *** [bigstmp-complx] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory
> `/z/home/src/gcc-2.95.2/alphaev6-unknown-linux-gnu/ieee/libstdc++'
> make[2]: *** [multi-do] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/z/home/src/gcc-2.95.2/alphaev6-unknown-linux-gnu/libstdc++'
> make[1]: *** [multi-all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/z/home/src/gcc-2.95.2/alphaev6-unknown-linux-gnu/libstdc++'
> make: *** [all-target-libstdc++] Error 2
> 
> So, it seems the assembler doesn't know about EV6 having
> sqrt instructions. Either that or this is an invalid form
> of the sqrt instruction?? Anyway, anyone got a patch for
> the assembler to allow the compiler to build??
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Wes
> 
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