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| 4 | <title>Getting Started with LLVM System</title> |
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| 6 | |
| 7 | <body bgcolor=white> |
| 8 | <center><h1>Getting Started with the LLVM System<br><font size=3>By: <a |
| 9 | href="mailto:gshi1@uiuc.edu">Guochun Shi</a>, |
John Criswell | cb27f1e | 2003-07-01 21:55:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | <a href="mailto:sabre@nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a>, |
| 11 | <a href="mailto:criswell@uiuc.edu">John Criswell</a>, and |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | <a href="http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/~vadve">Vikram Adve</a> |
| 13 | </font></h1></center> |
| 14 | |
| 15 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 16 | <h2><a name="Contents">Contents</a></h2> |
| 17 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 18 | |
| 19 | <ul> |
| 20 | <li><a href="#overview">Overview</a> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | <ol> |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | <li><a href="#requirements">Requirements</a> |
| 23 | <ol> |
| 24 | <li><a href="#hardware">Hardware</a> |
| 25 | <li><a href="#software">Software</a> |
| 26 | </ol> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | </ol> |
| 28 | <li><a href="#starting">Getting started with LLVM</a> |
| 29 | <ol> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | <li><a href="#quickstart">Getting Started Quickly (A Summary)</a> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | <li><a href="#terminology">Terminology and Notation</tt></a> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | <li><a href="#environment">Setting Up Your Environment</a> |
John Criswell | 312a68c | 2003-07-07 19:27:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | <li><a href="#unpack">Unpacking the LLVM Archives</a> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | <li><a href="#checkout">Checkout LLVM from CVS</a> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | <li><a href="#installcf">Install the C Front End</a> |
| 36 | <li><a href="#config">Local LLVM Configuration</tt></a> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | <li><a href="#compile">Compiling the LLVM Suite Source Code</a> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | <li><a href="#objfiles">The Location of LLVM Object Files</tt></a> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | </ol> |
| 40 | <li><a href="#layout">Program layout</a> |
| 41 | <ol> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | <li><a href="#cvsdir"><tt>CVS</tt> directories</a> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | <li><a href="#include"><tt>llvm/include</tt></a> |
| 44 | <li><a href="#lib"><tt>llvm/lib</tt></a> |
| 45 | <li><a href="#test"><tt>llvm/test</tt></a> |
| 46 | <li><a href="#tools"><tt>llvm/tools</tt></a> |
| 47 | </ol> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | <li><a href="#cfront">Compiling the LLVM C Front End</a> |
| 49 | <li><a href="#tutorial">An Example Using the LLVM Tool Chain</a> |
| 50 | <li><a href="#problems">Common Problems</a> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | <li><a href="#links">Links</a> |
| 52 | </ul> |
| 53 | |
| 54 | |
| 55 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 56 | <center> |
| 57 | <h2><a name="overview"><b>Overview</b></a></h2> |
| 58 | </center> |
| 59 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 60 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | Welcome to LLVM! In order to get started, you first need to know some |
| 62 | basic information. |
| 63 | |
| 64 | <p> |
| 65 | First, LLVM comes in two pieces. The first piece is the LLVM suite. This |
| 66 | contains all of the tools, libraries, and header files needed to use the |
| 67 | low level virtual machine. It also contains a test suite that can be used |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | to test the LLVM tools and the C front end. |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | <p> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | The second piece is the C front end. This component provides a version |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | of GCC that compiles C code into LLVM bytecode. Currently, the C front end |
| 72 | is a modified version of GCC 3.4 (we track the GCC 3.4 development). |
| 73 | Once compiled into LLVM bytecode, a program can be manipulated with the |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | LLVM tools from the LLVM suite. |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 75 | |
| 76 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 77 | <h3><a name="requirements"><b>Requirements</b></a></h3> |
| 78 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 79 | |
| 80 | Before you begin to use the LLVM system, review the requirements given |
| 81 | below. This may save you some trouble by knowing ahead of time what |
| 82 | hardware and software you will need. |
| 83 | |
| 84 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 85 | <h4><a name="hardware"><b>Hardware</b></a></h4> |
| 86 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 87 | LLVM is known to work on the following platforms: |
| 88 | <ul> |
| 89 | <li> Linux on x86 |
| 90 | <ul> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | <li> Approximately 760 MB of Free Disk Space |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | <ul> |
| 93 | <li>Source code: 30 MB |
| 94 | <li>Object code: 670 MB |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 95 | <li>C front end: 60 MB |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 96 | </ul> |
| 97 | </ul> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 98 | |
| 99 | <p> |
| 100 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 101 | <li> Solaris on SparcV9 (Ultrasparc) |
| 102 | <ul> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 103 | <li> Approximately 1.24 GB of Free Disk Space |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 104 | <ul> |
| 105 | <li>Source code: 30 MB |
| 106 | <li>Object code: 1000 MB |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 107 | <li>C front end: 210 MB |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 108 | </ul> |
| 109 | </ul> |
| 110 | </ul> |
| 111 | |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 112 | <p> |
| 113 | If you want to compile your own version of the C front end, you will need |
| 114 | additional disk space: |
| 115 | </p> |
| 116 | |
| 117 | <ul> |
| 118 | <li>Linux on x86 |
| 119 | <ul> |
| 120 | <li> Approximately 249 MB of Free Disk Space |
| 121 | <ul> |
| 122 | <li>Source code: 146 MB |
| 123 | <li>Object code: 82 MB |
| 124 | <li>Installed binaries: 21 MB |
| 125 | </ul> |
| 126 | </ul> |
| 127 | |
| 128 | <p> |
| 129 | |
| 130 | <li>Solaris on Sparc |
| 131 | <ul> |
| 132 | <li> Approximately 264 MB of Free Disk Space |
| 133 | <ul> |
| 134 | <li>Source code: 146 MB |
| 135 | <li>Object code: 93 MB |
| 136 | <li>Installed binaries: 25 MB |
| 137 | </ul> |
| 138 | </ul> |
| 139 | </ul> |
| 140 | |
| 141 | <p> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 142 | LLVM <i>may</i> compile on other platforms. The LLVM utilities should work |
| 143 | on other platforms, so it should be possible to generate and produce LLVM |
| 144 | bytecode on unsupported platforms (although bytecode generated on one |
| 145 | platform may not work on another platform). However, the code generators |
Misha Brukman | c56e582 | 2003-07-03 16:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 146 | and Just-In-Time (JIT) compilers only generate SparcV9 or x86 machine code. |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 147 | </p> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | |
| 149 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 150 | <h4><a name="software"><b>Software</b></a></h4> |
| 151 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 152 | <p> |
John Criswell | 6dd90d2 | 2003-07-03 16:43:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 153 | |
| 154 | Unpacking the distribution requires the following tools: |
| 155 | <dl compact> |
| 156 | <dt>GNU Zip (gzip) |
| 157 | <dt>GNU Tar |
| 158 | <dd> |
| 159 | These tools are needed to uncompress and unarchive the software. |
| 160 | Regular Solaris <tt>tar</tt> may work for unpacking the TAR archive but |
| 161 | is untested. |
| 162 | </dl> |
| 163 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 164 | Compiling LLVM requires that you have several different software packages |
| 165 | installed: |
| 166 | |
| 167 | <dl compact> |
| 168 | <dt> GCC |
| 169 | <dd> |
| 170 | The GNU Compiler Collection must be installed with C and C++ language |
| 171 | support. GCC 3.2.x works, and GCC 3.x is generally supported. |
| 172 | |
| 173 | <p> |
| 174 | Note that we currently do not support any other C++ compiler. |
| 175 | </p> |
| 176 | |
| 177 | <dt> GNU Make |
| 178 | <dd> |
| 179 | The LLVM build system relies upon GNU Make extensions. Therefore, you |
| 180 | will need GNU Make (sometimes known as gmake) to build LLVM. |
| 181 | <p> |
| 182 | |
| 183 | <dt> Flex and Bison |
| 184 | <dd> |
| 185 | The LLVM source code is built using flex and bison. You will not be |
| 186 | able to configure and compile LLVM without them. |
| 187 | <p> |
| 188 | |
| 189 | <dt> GNU M4 |
| 190 | <dd> |
| 191 | If you are installing Bison on your machine for the first time, you |
| 192 | will need GNU M4 (version 1.4 or higher). |
| 193 | </dl> |
| 194 | |
| 195 | <p> |
| 196 | There are some additional tools that you may want to have when working with |
| 197 | LLVM: |
| 198 | </p> |
| 199 | |
| 200 | <ul> |
| 201 | <li>GNU Autoconf |
| 202 | <li>GNU M4 |
| 203 | <p> |
| 204 | If you want to make changes to the configure scripts, you will need |
| 205 | GNU autoconf (2.53 or higher), and consequently, GNU M4 (version 1.4 |
| 206 | or higher). |
| 207 | </p> |
| 208 | </ul> |
| 209 | |
| 210 | |
| 211 | <p>The <a href="starting">next section</a> of this guide is meant to get |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 212 | you up and running with LLVM and to give you some basic information about |
| 213 | the LLVM environment. The <a href"#quickstart">first subsection</a> gives |
| 214 | a short summary for those who are already familiar with the system and |
| 215 | want to get started as quickly as possible. |
| 216 | |
| 217 | <p>The later sections of this guide describe the <a |
John Criswell | cb27f1e | 2003-07-01 21:55:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 218 | href="#layout">general layout</a> of the the LLVM source-tree, a <a |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 219 | href="#tutorial">simple example</a> using the LLVM tool chain, and <a |
| 220 | href="#links">links</a> to find more information about LLVM or to get |
| 221 | help via e-mail. |
| 222 | |
| 223 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 224 | <center> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 225 | <h2><a name="starting"><b>Getting Started with LLVM</b></a></h2> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 226 | </center> |
| 227 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 228 | |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 229 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 230 | <h3><a name="quickstart"><b>Getting Started Quickly (A Summary)</b></a></h3> |
| 231 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 232 | |
| 233 | Here's the short story for getting up and running quickly with LLVM: |
Chris Lattner | 96768ea | 2003-02-14 04:22:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 234 | <ol> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 235 | <li>Install the C front end: |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 236 | <ol> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 237 | <li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-the-C-front-end-to-live</i></tt> |
| 238 | <li><tt>gunzip --stdout cfrontend.<i>platform</i>.tar.gz | tar -xvf |
| 239 | -</tt> |
| 240 | </ol> |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 241 | |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 242 | <p> |
| 243 | |
| 244 | <li>Get the Source Code |
| 245 | <ul> |
| 246 | <li>With the distributed files: |
| 247 | <ol> |
| 248 | <li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-llvm-to-live</i></tt> |
| 249 | <li><tt>gunzip --stdout llvm.tar.gz | tar -xvf -</tt> |
| 250 | <li><tt>gunzip --stdout cfrontend.<i>platform</i>.tar.gz | tar -xvf -</tt> |
| 251 | <li><tt>cd llvm</tt> |
| 252 | </ol> |
| 253 | |
| 254 | <p> |
| 255 | |
| 256 | <li>With anonymous CVS access: |
| 257 | <ol> |
| 258 | <li>Find the path to the CVS repository containing LLVM (we'll call this <i>CVSROOTDIR</i>). |
| 259 | <li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-llvm-to-live</i></tt> |
| 260 | <li><tt>cvs -d <i>CVSROOTDIR</i> checkout llvm</tt> |
| 261 | <li><tt>cd llvm</tt> |
| 262 | </ol> |
| 263 | </ul> |
| 264 | </ul> |
| 265 | |
| 266 | <p> |
| 267 | |
| 268 | <li>Configure the LLVM Build Environment |
| 269 | <ol> |
| 270 | <li>Run <tt>configure</tt> to configure the Makefiles and header |
| 271 | files for the default platform. |
| 272 | Useful options include: |
| 273 | <ul> |
| 274 | <li><tt>--with-objroot=<i>directory</i></tt> |
| 275 | <br> |
| 276 | Specify where object files should be placed during the build. |
| 277 | |
| 278 | <li><tt>--with-llvmgccdir=<i>directory</i></tt> |
| 279 | <br> |
| 280 | Specify where the LLVM C frontend is going to be installed. |
| 281 | </ul> |
| 282 | </ol> |
| 283 | |
| 284 | <p> |
| 285 | |
| 286 | <li>Build the LLVM Suite |
| 287 | <ol> |
| 288 | <li>Set your LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH environment variable. |
| 289 | <li><tt>gmake -k |& tee gnumake.out |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 290 | # this is csh or tcsh syntax</tt> |
| 291 | </ol> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 292 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 293 | <p> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 294 | |
Chris Lattner | 96768ea | 2003-02-14 04:22:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 295 | </ol> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 296 | |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 297 | <p>See <a href="#environment">Setting Up Your Environment</a> on tips to |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 298 | simplify working with the LLVM front-end and compiled tools. See the |
| 299 | other sub-sections below for other useful details in working with LLVM, |
| 300 | or go straight to <a href="#layout">Program Layout</a> to learn about the |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 301 | layout of the source code tree. For information on building the C front |
| 302 | end yourself, see <a href="#cfront">Compiling the LLVM C Front End</a> for |
| 303 | information. |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 304 | |
| 305 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 306 | <h3><a name="terminology">Terminology and Notation</a></h3> |
| 307 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 308 | |
| 309 | <p>Throughout this manual, the following names are used to denote paths |
| 310 | specific to the local system and working environment. <i>These are not |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 311 | environment variables you need to set but just strings used in the rest |
| 312 | of this document below</i>. In any of the examples below, simply replace |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 313 | each of these names with the appropriate pathname on your local system. |
Chris Lattner | 1db872d | 2002-09-06 16:26:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 314 | All these paths are absolute:</p> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 315 | <dl compact> |
| 316 | <dt>CVSROOTDIR |
| 317 | <dd> |
| 318 | This is the path for the CVS repository containing the LLVM source |
| 319 | code. Ask the person responsible for your local LLVM installation to |
| 320 | give you this path. |
| 321 | <p> |
| 322 | |
| 323 | <dt>OBJ_ROOT |
| 324 | <dd> |
| 325 | This is the top level directory for where the LLVM suite object files |
| 326 | will be placed during the build. |
| 327 | <p> |
| 328 | |
| 329 | <dt>LLVMGCCDIR |
| 330 | <dd> |
| 331 | This is the pathname to the location where the LLVM C Front End will |
John Criswell | 6dd90d2 | 2003-07-03 16:43:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 332 | be installed. Note that the C front end does not need to be installed |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 333 | during the LLVM suite build; you will just need to know where it will |
| 334 | go for configuring the build system and running the test suite later. |
| 335 | <p> |
John Criswell | a27028b | 2003-07-03 16:49:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 336 | For the pre-built C front end binaries, the LLVMGCCDIR is |
| 337 | <tt>cfrontend/<i>platform</i>/llvm-gcc</tt>. |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 338 | |
| 339 | <dt>GCCSRC |
| 340 | <dd> |
| 341 | This is the pathname of the directory where the LLVM C front end source |
| 342 | code can be found. |
| 343 | <p> |
| 344 | |
| 345 | <dt>GCCOBJ |
| 346 | <dd> |
| 347 | This is the pathname of the directory where the LLVM C front end object |
| 348 | code will be placed during the build. It can be safely removed once |
| 349 | the build is complete. |
| 350 | </dl> |
| 351 | |
| 352 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 353 | <h3><a name="environment">Setting Up Your Environment</a></h3> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 354 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 355 | |
| 356 | <p> |
| 357 | In order to compile and use LLVM, you will need to set some environment |
| 358 | variables. There are also some shell aliases which you may find useful. |
| 359 | You can set these on the command line, or better yet, set them in your |
| 360 | <tt>.cshrc</tt> or <tt>.profile</tt>. |
| 361 | |
| 362 | <dl compact> |
| 363 | <dt><tt>LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH</tt>=<tt><i>LLVMGCCDIR</i>/llvm-gcc/bytecode-libs</tt> |
| 364 | <dd> |
| 365 | This environment variable helps the LLVM C front end find bytecode |
| 366 | libraries that it will need for compilation. |
| 367 | <p> |
| 368 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 369 | <dt>alias llvmgcc <i>LLVMGCCDIR</i><tt>/bin/llvm-gcc</tt> |
| 370 | <dd> |
| 371 | This alias allows you to use the LLVM C front end without putting it in |
| 372 | your <tt>PATH</tt> or typing in its complete pathname. |
| 373 | </dl> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 374 | |
| 375 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
John Criswell | 312a68c | 2003-07-07 19:27:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 376 | <h3><a name="unpack">Unpacking the LLVM Archives</a></h3> |
| 377 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 378 | |
| 379 | <p> |
| 380 | If you have the LLVM distribution, you will need to unpack it before you |
| 381 | can begin to compile it. LLVM is distributed as a set of four files. Each |
| 382 | file is a TAR archive that is compressed with the gzip program. |
| 383 | </p> |
| 384 | |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 385 | <p> The four files are as follows: |
John Criswell | 312a68c | 2003-07-07 19:27:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 386 | <dl compact> |
| 387 | <dt>llvm.tar.gz |
| 388 | <dd>This is the source code to the LLVM suite. |
| 389 | <p> |
| 390 | |
| 391 | <dt>cfrontend.sparc.tar.gz |
| 392 | <dd>This is the binary release of the C front end for Solaris/Sparc. |
| 393 | <p> |
| 394 | |
| 395 | <dt>cfrontend.x86.tar.gz |
| 396 | <dd>This is the binary release of the C front end for Linux/x86. |
| 397 | <p> |
| 398 | |
| 399 | <dt>cfrontend-src.tar.gz |
| 400 | <dd>This is the source code release of the C front end. |
| 401 | <p> |
| 402 | </dl> |
| 403 | |
John Criswell | 312a68c | 2003-07-07 19:27:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 404 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 405 | <h3><a name="checkout">Checkout LLVM from CVS</a></h3> |
| 406 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 407 | |
John Criswell | 312a68c | 2003-07-07 19:27:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 408 | <p>If you have access to our CVS repository, you can get a fresh copy of |
| 409 | the entire source code. All you need to do is check it out from CVS as |
| 410 | follows: |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 411 | <ul> |
| 412 | <li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-llvm-to-live</i></tt> |
| 413 | <li><tt>cvs -d <i>CVSROOTDIR</i> checkout llvm</tt></p> |
| 414 | </ul> |
| 415 | |
| 416 | <p>This will create an '<tt>llvm</tt>' directory in the current |
| 417 | directory and fully populate it with the LLVM source code, Makefiles, |
| 418 | test directories, and local copies of documentation files.</p> |
| 419 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 420 | <p> |
| 421 | Note that the C front end is not included in the CVS repository. You |
| 422 | should have either downloaded the source, or better yet, downloaded the |
| 423 | binary distribution for your platform. |
| 424 | </p> |
| 425 | |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 426 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 427 | <h3><a name="installcf">Install the C Front End</a></h3> |
| 428 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 429 | |
| 430 | <p> |
| 431 | Before configuring and compiling the LLVM suite, it is best to extract the |
| 432 | LLVM C front end. While not used in building, the C front end is used by |
| 433 | the LLVM test suite, and its location must be given to the |
| 434 | <tt>configure</tt> script before the LLVM suite can be built. |
| 435 | </p> |
| 436 | |
| 437 | <p> |
| 438 | To install the C front end, do the following: |
| 439 | <ol> |
| 440 | <li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-the-front-end-to-live</i></tt> |
| 441 | <li><tt>gunzip --stdout cfrontend.<i>platform</i>.tar.gz | tar -xvf |
| 442 | -</tt> |
| 443 | </ol> |
| 444 | |
| 445 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 446 | <h3><a name="config">Local LLVM Configuration</a></h3> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 447 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 448 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 449 | <p>Once checked out from the CVS repository, the LLVM suite source code |
| 450 | must be configured via the <tt>configure</tt> script. This script sets |
| 451 | variables in <tt>llvm/Makefile.config</tt> and |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 452 | <tt>llvm/include/Config/config.h</tt>. |
| 453 | |
| 454 | <p> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 455 | The following environment variables are used by the <tt>configure</tt> |
| 456 | script to configure the build system: |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 457 | </p> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 458 | |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 459 | <table border=1> |
| 460 | <tr> |
| 461 | <th>Variable</th> |
| 462 | <th> |
| 463 | Purpose |
| 464 | </th> |
| 465 | </tr> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 466 | |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 467 | <tr> |
| 468 | <td>CC</td> |
| 469 | <td> |
| 470 | Tells <tt>configure</tt> which C compiler to use. By default, |
| 471 | <tt>configure</tt> will look for the first GCC compiler in |
| 472 | <tt>PATH</tt>. Use this variable to override |
| 473 | <tt>configure</tt>'s default behavior. |
| 474 | </td> |
| 475 | </tr> |
| 476 | |
| 477 | <tr> |
| 478 | <td>CXX</td> |
| 479 | <td> |
| 480 | Tells <tt>configure</tt> which C++ compiler to use. By default, |
| 481 | <tt>configure</tt> will look for the first GCC compiler in |
| 482 | <tt>PATH</tt>. Use this variable to override |
| 483 | <tt>configure</tt>'s default behavior. |
| 484 | </td> |
| 485 | </tr> |
| 486 | </table> |
| 487 | |
| 488 | <p> |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 489 | The following options can be used to set or enable LLVM specific options: |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 490 | </p> |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 491 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 492 | <dl compact> |
| 493 | <dt><i>--with-objroot=OBJ_ROOT</i> |
| 494 | <dd> |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 495 | Path to the directory where |
| 496 | object files, libraries, and executables should be placed. |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 497 | If this is set to <tt>.</tt>, then the object files will be placed |
| 498 | within the source code tree. If left unspecified, the default value is |
John Criswell | ef0096f | 2003-08-08 22:36:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 499 | the following: |
| 500 | <ul> |
| 501 | <li> |
| 502 | If the USER environment variable is specified and the directory |
| 503 | <tt>/localhome/$USER</tt> exists, then the default value is |
| 504 | <tt>/localhome/$USER</tt>. |
| 505 | |
| 506 | <li> |
| 507 | Otherwise, the default value is <tt>.</tt>. |
| 508 | </ul> |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 509 | (See the Section on <a href=#objfiles> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 510 | The Location of LLVM Object Files</a> |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 511 | for more information.) |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 512 | <p> |
| 513 | <dt><i>--with-llvmgccdir=LLVMGCCDIR</i> |
| 514 | <dd> |
| 515 | Path to the location where the LLVM C front end binaries and |
| 516 | associated libraries will be installed. |
| 517 | <p> |
| 518 | <dt><i>--enable-optimized</i> |
| 519 | <dd> |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 520 | Enables optimized compilation (debugging symbols are removed and GCC |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 521 | optimization flags are enabled). The default is to use an unoptimized |
| 522 | build (also known as a debug build). |
| 523 | <p> |
| 524 | <dt><i>--enable-jit</i> |
| 525 | <dd> |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 526 | Compile the Just In Time (JIT) functionality. This is not available |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 527 | on all platforms. The default is dependent on platform, so it is best |
| 528 | to explicitly enable it if you want it. |
| 529 | </dl> |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 530 | |
| 531 | In addition to running <tt>configure</tt>, you must set the |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 532 | <tt>LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH</tt> environment variable in your startup scripts. |
| 533 | This environment variable is used to locate "system" libraries like |
| 534 | "<tt>-lc</tt>" and "<tt>-lm</tt>" when linking. This variable should be set |
| 535 | to the absolute path for the bytecode-libs subdirectory of the C front-end |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 536 | install, or LLVMGCCDIR/llvm-gcc/bytecode-libs. For example, one might |
| 537 | set <tt>LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH</tt> to |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 538 | <tt>/home/vadve/lattner/local/x86/llvm-gcc/bytecode-libs</tt> for the X86 |
| 539 | version of the C front-end on our research machines.<p> |
| 540 | |
| 541 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 542 | <h3><a name="compile">Compiling the LLVM Suite Source Code</a></h3> |
| 543 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 544 | |
| 545 | Once you have configured LLVM, you can build it. There are three types of |
| 546 | builds: |
| 547 | |
| 548 | <dl compact> |
| 549 | <dt>Debug Builds |
| 550 | <dd> |
| 551 | These builds are the default. They compile the tools and libraries |
| 552 | with debugging information. |
| 553 | <p> |
| 554 | |
| 555 | <dt>Release (Optimized) Builds |
| 556 | <dd> |
| 557 | These builds are enabled with the <tt>--enable-optimized</tt> option to |
| 558 | <tt>configure</tt>. They compile the tools and libraries with GCC |
| 559 | optimizer flags on and strip debugging information from the libraries |
| 560 | and executables it generates. |
| 561 | <p> |
| 562 | |
| 563 | <dt>Profile Builds |
| 564 | <dd> |
| 565 | These builds are for use with profiling. They compile profiling |
| 566 | information into the code for use with programs like <tt>gprof</tt>. |
| 567 | Profile builds must be started by setting variables on the |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 568 | <tt>gmake</tt> command line. |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 569 | </dl> |
| 570 | |
| 571 | Once you have LLVM configured, you can build it by entering the top level |
| 572 | <tt>llvm</tt> directory and issuing the following command: |
| 573 | <p> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 574 | <tt>gmake</tt> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 575 | |
| 576 | <p> |
| 577 | If you have multiple processors in your machine, you may wish to use some |
| 578 | of the parallel build options provided by GNU Make. For example, you could |
| 579 | use the command: |
| 580 | </p> |
| 581 | |
| 582 | <p> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 583 | <tt>gmake -j2</tt> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 584 | |
| 585 | <p> |
| 586 | There are several other targets which are useful when working with the LLVM |
| 587 | source code: |
| 588 | |
| 589 | <dl compact> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 590 | <dt><tt>gmake clean</tt> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 591 | <dd> |
| 592 | Removes all files generated by the build. This includes object files, |
| 593 | generated C/C++ files, libraries, and executables. |
| 594 | <p> |
| 595 | |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 596 | <dt><tt>gmake distclean</tt> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 597 | <dd> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 598 | Removes everything that <tt>gmake clean</tt> does, but also removes |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 599 | files generated by <tt>configure</tt>. It attempts to return the |
| 600 | source tree to the original state in which it was shipped. |
| 601 | <p> |
| 602 | </dl> |
| 603 | |
| 604 | It is also possible to override default values from <tt>configure</tt> by |
| 605 | declaring variables on the command line. The following are some examples: |
| 606 | |
| 607 | <dl compact> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 608 | <dt><tt>gmake ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=1</tt> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 609 | <dd> |
| 610 | Perform a Release (Optimized) build. |
| 611 | <p> |
| 612 | |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 613 | <dt><tt>gmake ENABLE_PROFILING=1</tt> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 614 | <dd> |
| 615 | Perform a Profiling build. |
| 616 | <p> |
| 617 | |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 618 | <dt><tt>gmake VERBOSE=1</tt> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 619 | <dd> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 620 | Print what <tt>gmake</tt> is doing on standard output. |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 621 | <p> |
| 622 | </dl> |
| 623 | |
| 624 | Every directory in the LLVM source tree includes a <tt>Makefile</tt> to |
| 625 | build it and any subdirectories that it contains. Entering any directory |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 626 | inside the LLVM source tree and typing <tt>gmake</tt> should rebuild |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 627 | anything in or below that directory that is out of date. |
| 628 | |
| 629 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 630 | <h3><a name="objfiles">The Location of LLVM Object Files</a></h3> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 631 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 632 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 633 | <p>The LLVM build system sends most output files generated during the build |
| 634 | into the directory defined by the variable <i>OBJ_ROOT</i> in |
| 635 | <tt>llvm/Makefile.config</tt>, which is set by the <i>--with-objroot</i> |
| 636 | option in <tt>configure</tt>. This can be either just your normal LLVM |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 637 | source tree or some other directory writable by you. You may wish to put |
| 638 | object files on a different filesystem either to keep them from being backed |
| 639 | up or to speed up local builds. |
| 640 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 641 | <p> |
| 642 | If <i>OBJ_ROOT</i> is specified, then the build system will create a |
| 643 | directory tree underneath it that resembles the source code's pathname |
John Criswell | ef0096f | 2003-08-08 22:36:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 644 | relative to your home directory (unless <i>OBJ_ROOT</i> is set to |
| 645 | <tt>.</tt>, in which case object files are placed within the LLVM source |
| 646 | tree). |
| 647 | </p> |
| 648 | |
| 649 | <p> |
| 650 | Note that |
| 651 | <i>--with-objroot</i>=<tt>.</tt> |
| 652 | and |
| 653 | <i>--with-objroot</i>=<tt>`pwd`</tt> |
| 654 | are not the same thing. The former will simply place object files within |
| 655 | the source tree, while the latter will set the location of object files |
| 656 | using the source tree's relative path from the home directory. |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 657 | </p> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 658 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 659 | <p> |
| 660 | For example, suppose that <i>OBJ_ROOT</i> is set to <tt>/tmp</tt> and the |
| 661 | LLVM suite source code is located in <tt>/usr/home/joe/src/llvm</tt>, where |
| 662 | <tt>/usr/home/joe</tt> is the home directory of a user named Joe. Then, |
| 663 | the object files will be placed in <tt>/tmp/src/llvm</tt>. |
| 664 | </p> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 665 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 666 | <p> |
| 667 | The LLVM build will place files underneath <i>OBJ_ROOT</i> in directories |
| 668 | named after the build type: |
| 669 | </p> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 670 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 671 | <dl compact> |
| 672 | <dt>Debug Builds |
| 673 | <dd> |
| 674 | <dl compact> |
| 675 | <dt>Tools |
| 676 | <dd><tt><i>OBJ_ROOT</i>/llvm/tools/Debug</tt> |
| 677 | <dt>Libraries |
| 678 | <dd><tt><i>OBJ_ROOT</i>/llvm/lib/Debug</tt> |
| 679 | </dl> |
| 680 | <p> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 681 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 682 | <dt>Release Builds |
| 683 | <dd> |
| 684 | <dl compact> |
| 685 | <dt>Tools |
| 686 | <dd><tt><i>OBJ_ROOT</i>/llvm/tools/Release</tt> |
| 687 | <dt>Libraries |
| 688 | <dd><tt><i>OBJ_ROOT</i>/llvm/lib/Release</tt> |
| 689 | </dl> |
| 690 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | 7fe7f81 | 2002-07-24 19:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 691 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 692 | <dt>Profile Builds |
| 693 | <dd> |
| 694 | <dl compact> |
| 695 | <dt>Tools |
| 696 | <dd><tt><i>OBJ_ROOT</i>/llvm/tools/Profile</tt> |
| 697 | <dt>Libraries |
| 698 | <dd><tt><i>OBJ_ROOT</i>/llvm/lib/Profile</tt> |
| 699 | </dl> |
| 700 | </dl> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 701 | |
| 702 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 703 | <center> |
| 704 | <h2><a name="layout"><b>Program Layout</b></a></h2> |
| 705 | </center> |
| 706 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 707 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 708 | <p>One useful source of information about the LLVM source base is the LLVM <a |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 709 | href="http://www.doxygen.org">doxygen</a> documentation, available at <tt><a |
| 710 | href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/doxygen/">http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/doxygen/</a></tt>. The |
| 711 | following is a brief introduction to code layout:</p> |
| 712 | |
| 713 | |
| 714 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 715 | <h3><a name="cvsdir"><tt>CVS</tt> directories</a></h3> |
| 716 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 717 | |
| 718 | Every directory checked out of CVS will contain a <tt>CVS</tt> directory; |
| 719 | for the most part these can just be ignored. |
| 720 | |
| 721 | |
| 722 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 723 | <h3><a name="include"><tt>llvm/include</tt></a></h3> |
| 724 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 725 | |
| 726 | This directory contains public header files exported from the LLVM |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 727 | library. The three main subdirectories of this directory are:<p> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 728 | |
John Criswell | 8df90e0 | 2003-06-11 20:46:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 729 | <ol> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 730 | <li><tt>llvm/include/llvm</tt> - This directory contains all of the LLVM |
| 731 | specific header files. This directory also has subdirectories for |
| 732 | different portions of LLVM: <tt>Analysis</tt>, <tt>CodeGen</tt>, |
| 733 | <tt>Reoptimizer</tt>, <tt>Target</tt>, <tt>Transforms</tt>, etc... |
| 734 | |
| 735 | <li><tt>llvm/include/Support</tt> - This directory contains generic |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 736 | support libraries that are independent of LLVM, but are used by LLVM. |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 737 | For example, some C++ STL utilities and a Command Line option processing |
| 738 | library. |
| 739 | |
| 740 | <li><tt>llvm/include/Config</tt> - This directory contains header files |
| 741 | configured by the <tt>configure</tt> script. They wrap "standard" UNIX |
| 742 | and C header files. Source code can include these header files which |
| 743 | automatically take care of the conditional #includes that the configure |
| 744 | script generates. |
Chris Lattner | 7fe7f81 | 2002-07-24 19:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 745 | </ol> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 746 | |
| 747 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 748 | <h3><a name="lib"><tt>llvm/lib</tt></a></h3> |
| 749 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 750 | |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 751 | This directory contains most of the source files of the LLVM system. In |
| 752 | LLVM almost all |
| 753 | code exists in libraries, making it very easy to share code among the |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 754 | different <a href="#tools">tools</a>.<p> |
| 755 | |
| 756 | <dl compact> |
| 757 | <dt><tt>llvm/lib/VMCore/</tt><dd> This directory holds the core LLVM |
| 758 | source files that implement core classes like Instruction and BasicBlock. |
| 759 | |
| 760 | <dt><tt>llvm/lib/AsmParser/</tt><dd> This directory holds the source code |
| 761 | for the LLVM assembly language parser library. |
| 762 | |
| 763 | <dt><tt>llvm/lib/ByteCode/</tt><dd> This directory holds code for reading |
| 764 | and write LLVM bytecode. |
| 765 | |
| 766 | <dt><tt>llvm/lib/CWriter/</tt><dd> This directory implements the LLVM to C |
| 767 | converter. |
| 768 | |
| 769 | <dt><tt>llvm/lib/Analysis/</tt><dd> This directory contains a variety of |
| 770 | different program analyses, such as Dominator Information, Call Graphs, |
| 771 | Induction Variables, Interval Identification, Natural Loop Identification, |
| 772 | etc... |
| 773 | |
| 774 | <dt><tt>llvm/lib/Transforms/</tt><dd> This directory contains the source |
| 775 | code for the LLVM to LLVM program transformations, such as Aggressive Dead |
| 776 | Code Elimination, Sparse Conditional Constant Propagation, Inlining, Loop |
| 777 | Invarient Code Motion, Dead Global Elimination, Pool Allocation, and many |
| 778 | others... |
| 779 | |
| 780 | <dt><tt>llvm/lib/Target/</tt><dd> This directory contains files that |
| 781 | describe various target architectures for code generation. For example, |
| 782 | the llvm/lib/Target/Sparc directory holds the Sparc machine |
| 783 | description.<br> |
| 784 | |
| 785 | <dt><tt>llvm/lib/CodeGen/</tt><dd> This directory contains the major parts |
| 786 | of the code generator: Instruction Selector, Instruction Scheduling, and |
| 787 | Register Allocation. |
| 788 | |
| 789 | <dt><tt>llvm/lib/Reoptimizer/</tt><dd> This directory holds code related |
| 790 | to the runtime reoptimizer framework that is currently under development. |
| 791 | |
| 792 | <dt><tt>llvm/lib/Support/</tt><dd> This directory contains the source code |
| 793 | that corresponds to the header files located in |
| 794 | <tt>llvm/include/Support/</tt>. |
| 795 | </dl> |
| 796 | |
| 797 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 798 | <h3><a name="test"><tt>llvm/test</tt></a></h3> |
| 799 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 800 | |
| 801 | <p>This directory contains regression tests and source code that is used to |
| 802 | test the LLVM infrastructure...</p> |
| 803 | |
| 804 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 805 | <h3><a name="tools"><tt>llvm/tools</tt></a></h3> |
| 806 | <!-------------------------------------------------------------------------> |
| 807 | |
| 808 | <p>The <b>tools</b> directory contains the executables built out of the |
| 809 | libraries above, which form the main part of the user interface. You can |
| 810 | always get help for a tool by typing <tt>tool_name --help</tt>. The |
| 811 | following is a brief introduction to the most important tools.</p> |
| 812 | |
| 813 | <dl compact> |
| 814 | <dt><tt><b>as</b></tt><dd>The assembler transforms the human readable |
| 815 | LLVM assembly to LLVM bytecode.<p> |
| 816 | |
| 817 | <dt><tt><b>dis</b></tt><dd>The disassembler transforms the LLVM bytecode |
| 818 | to human readable LLVM assembly. Additionally it can convert LLVM |
| 819 | bytecode to C, which is enabled with the <tt>-c</tt> option.<p> |
| 820 | |
| 821 | <dt><tt><b>lli</b></tt><dd> <tt>lli</tt> is the LLVM interpreter, which |
| 822 | can directly execute LLVM bytecode (although very slowly...). In addition |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 823 | to a simple interpreter, <tt>lli</tt> is also has debugger and tracing |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 824 | modes (entered by specifying <tt>-debug</tt> or <tt>-trace</tt> on the |
Misha Brukman | c56e582 | 2003-07-03 16:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 825 | command line, respectively). Finally, for architectures that support it |
| 826 | (currently only x86 and Sparc), by default, <tt>lli</tt> will function as |
| 827 | a Just-In-Time compiler (if the functionality was compiled in), and will |
| 828 | execute the code <i>much</i> faster than the interpreter.<p> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 829 | |
| 830 | <dt><tt><b>llc</b></tt><dd> <tt>llc</tt> is the LLVM backend compiler, |
Misha Brukman | c56e582 | 2003-07-03 16:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 831 | which translates LLVM bytecode to a SPARC or x86 assembly file.<p> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 832 | |
| 833 | <dt><tt><b>llvmgcc</b></tt><dd> <tt>llvmgcc</tt> is a GCC based C frontend |
| 834 | that has been retargeted to emit LLVM code as the machine code output. It |
| 835 | works just like any other GCC compiler, taking the typical <tt>-c, -S, -E, |
| 836 | -o</tt> options that are typically used. The source code for the |
| 837 | <tt>llvmgcc</tt> tool is currently not included in the LLVM cvs tree |
| 838 | because it is quite large and not very interesting.<p> |
| 839 | |
| 840 | <ol> |
| 841 | <dt><tt><b>gccas</b></tt><dd> This tool is invoked by the |
| 842 | <tt>llvmgcc</tt> frontend as the "assembler" part of the compiler. This |
| 843 | tool actually assembles LLVM assembly to LLVM bytecode, |
John Criswell | 7a73b80 | 2003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 844 | performs a variety of optimizations, |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 845 | and outputs LLVM bytecode. Thus when you invoke <tt>llvmgcc -c x.c -o |
| 846 | x.o</tt>, you are causing <tt>gccas</tt> to be run, which writes the |
| 847 | <tt>x.o</tt> file (which is an LLVM bytecode file that can be |
| 848 | disassembled or manipulated just like any other bytecode file). The |
| 849 | command line interface to <tt>gccas</tt> is designed to be as close as |
| 850 | possible to the <b>system</b> '<tt>as</tt>' utility so that the gcc |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 851 | frontend itself did not have to be modified to interface to a "weird" |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 852 | assembler.<p> |
| 853 | |
| 854 | <dt><tt><b>gccld</b></tt><dd> <tt>gccld</tt> links together several LLVM |
| 855 | bytecode files into one bytecode file and does some optimization. It is |
| 856 | the linker invoked by the gcc frontend when multiple .o files need to be |
| 857 | linked together. Like <tt>gccas</tt> the command line interface of |
| 858 | <tt>gccld</tt> is designed to match the system linker, to aid |
| 859 | interfacing with the GCC frontend.<p> |
| 860 | </ol> |
| 861 | |
| 862 | <dt><tt><b>opt</b></tt><dd> <tt>opt</tt> reads LLVM bytecode, applies a |
| 863 | series of LLVM to LLVM transformations (which are specified on the command |
| 864 | line), and then outputs the resultant bytecode. The '<tt>opt --help</tt>' |
| 865 | command is a good way to get a list of the program transformations |
| 866 | available in LLVM.<p> |
| 867 | |
| 868 | |
| 869 | <dt><tt><b>analyze</b></tt><dd> <tt>analyze</tt> is used to run a specific |
| 870 | analysis on an input LLVM bytecode file and print out the results. It is |
| 871 | primarily useful for debugging analyses, or familiarizing yourself with |
| 872 | what an analysis does.<p> |
| 873 | |
| 874 | </dl> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 875 | |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 876 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 877 | <h2><center><a name="cfront">Compiling the LLVM C Front End</center></h2> |
| 878 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 879 | |
| 880 | <p> |
| 881 | <b> |
| 882 | This step is optional if you have the C front end binary distrubtion for |
| 883 | your platform. |
| 884 | </b> |
| 885 | </p> |
| 886 | |
| 887 | Now that you have the LLVM suite built, you can build the C front end. For |
| 888 | those of you that have built GCC before, the process is very similar. |
| 889 | <p> |
| 890 | Be forewarned, though: the build system for the C front end is not as |
| 891 | polished as the rest of the LLVM code, so there will be many warnings and |
| 892 | errors that you will need to ignore for now: |
| 893 | |
| 894 | <ol> |
| 895 | <li>Ensure that <tt><i>OBJ_ROOT</i>/llvm/tools/Debug</tt> is at the |
| 896 | <i>end</i> of your <tt>PATH</tt> environment variable. The front end |
| 897 | build needs to know where to find the LLVM tools, but you want to |
| 898 | ensure that these tools are not found before the system assembler and |
| 899 | linker that you normally use for compilation. |
| 900 | |
| 901 | <li><tt>cd <i>GCCOBJ</i></tt> |
| 902 | |
| 903 | <li>Configure the source code: |
| 904 | <ul> |
| 905 | <li>On Linux/x86, use |
| 906 | <ul> |
| 907 | <li><tt><i>GCCSRC</i>/configure --prefix=<i>LLVMGCCDIR</i> |
| 908 | --enable-languages=c</tt> |
| 909 | </ul> |
| 910 | |
| 911 | <li>On Solaris/Sparc, use |
| 912 | <ul> |
| 913 | <li><tt><i>GCCSRC</i>/configure --prefix=<i>LLVMGCCDIR</i> |
| 914 | --enable-languages=c --target=sparcv9-sun-solaris2</tt> |
| 915 | </ul> |
| 916 | </ul> |
| 917 | |
| 918 | <li><tt>gmake</tt> |
| 919 | |
| 920 | <li>The build will eventually fail. Don't worry; chances are good that |
| 921 | everything that needed to build is built. |
| 922 | |
| 923 | <li><tt>gmake -k install</tt> |
| 924 | </ol> |
| 925 | |
| 926 | <p> |
| 927 | Once this is done, you should have a built front end compiler in |
| 928 | <tt><i>LLVMGCCDIR</i></tt>. |
| 929 | </p> |
| 930 | |
| 931 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 932 | <h2> |
| 933 | <center><a name="tutorial">An Example Using the LLVM Tool Chain</center> |
| 934 | </h2> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 935 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 936 | |
| 937 | <ol> |
| 938 | <li>First, create a simple C file, name it 'hello.c': |
| 939 | <pre> |
| 940 | #include <stdio.h> |
| 941 | int main() { |
| 942 | printf("hello world\n"); |
| 943 | return 0; |
| 944 | } |
| 945 | </pre> |
| 946 | |
| 947 | <li>Next, compile the C file into a LLVM bytecode file:<p> |
| 948 | |
| 949 | <tt>% llvmgcc hello.c -o hello</tt><p> |
| 950 | |
| 951 | This will create two result files: <tt>hello</tt> and |
| 952 | <tt>hello.bc</tt>. The <tt>hello.bc</tt> is the LLVM bytecode that |
| 953 | corresponds the the compiled program and the library facilities that it |
| 954 | required. <tt>hello</tt> is a simple shell script that runs the bytecode |
| 955 | file with <tt>lli</tt>, making the result directly executable.<p> |
| 956 | |
| 957 | <li>Run the program. To make sure the program ran, execute one of the |
| 958 | following commands:<p> |
John Criswell | 8df90e0 | 2003-06-11 20:46:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 959 | |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 960 | <tt>% ./hello</tt><p> |
| 961 | |
| 962 | or<p> |
| 963 | |
| 964 | <tt>% lli hello.bc</tt><p> |
| 965 | |
| 966 | <li>Use the <tt>dis</tt> utility to take a look at the LLVM assembly |
| 967 | code:<p> |
| 968 | |
| 969 | <tt>% dis < hello.bc | less</tt><p> |
| 970 | |
| 971 | <li>Compile the program to native Sparc assembly using the code |
Misha Brukman | c56e582 | 2003-07-03 16:29:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 972 | generator (assuming you are currently on a Sparc system):<p> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 973 | |
| 974 | <tt>% llc hello.bc -o hello.s</tt><p> |
| 975 | |
| 976 | <li>Assemble the native sparc assemble file into a program:<p> |
| 977 | |
| 978 | <tt>% /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -xarch=v9 hello.s -o hello.sparc</tt><p> |
| 979 | |
| 980 | <li>Execute the native sparc program:<p> |
| 981 | |
| 982 | <tt>% ./hello.sparc</tt><p> |
| 983 | |
| 984 | </ol> |
| 985 | |
| 986 | |
| 987 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 988 | <h2> |
| 989 | <center><a name="problems">Common Problems</a></center> |
| 990 | </h2> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 991 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 992 | |
| 993 | Below are common problems and their remedies: |
| 994 | |
| 995 | <dl compact> |
| 996 | <dt><b>When I run configure, it finds the wrong C compiler.</b> |
| 997 | <dd> |
| 998 | The <tt>configure</tt> script attempts to locate first <tt>gcc</tt> and |
| 999 | then <tt>cc</tt>, unless it finds compiler paths set in <tt>CC</tt> and |
| 1000 | <tt>CXX</tt> for the C and C++ compiler, respectively. |
| 1001 | |
| 1002 | If <tt>configure</tt> finds the wrong compiler, either adjust your |
| 1003 | <tt>PATH</tt> environment variable or set <tt>CC</tt> and <tt>CXX</tt> |
| 1004 | explicitly. |
| 1005 | <p> |
| 1006 | |
| 1007 | <dt><b>I compile the code, and I get some error about /localhome</b>. |
| 1008 | <dd> |
| 1009 | There are several possible causes for this. The first is that you |
| 1010 | didn't set a pathname properly when using <tt>configure</tt>, and it |
| 1011 | defaulted to a pathname that we use on our research machines. |
| 1012 | <p> |
| 1013 | Another possibility is that we hardcoded a path in our Makefiles. If |
| 1014 | you see this, please email the LLVM bug mailing list with the name of |
| 1015 | the offending Makefile and a description of what is wrong with it. |
| 1016 | |
| 1017 | <dt><b>The <tt>configure</tt> script finds the right C compiler, but it |
| 1018 | uses the LLVM linker from a previous build. What do I do?</b> |
| 1019 | <dd> |
| 1020 | The <tt>configure</tt> script uses the <tt>PATH</tt> to find |
| 1021 | executables, so if it's grabbing the wrong linker/assembler/etc, there |
| 1022 | are two ways to fix it: |
| 1023 | <ol> |
| 1024 | <li>Adjust your <tt>PATH</tt> environment variable so that the |
| 1025 | correct program appears first in the <tt>PATH</tt>. This may work, |
| 1026 | but may not be convenient when you want them <i>first</i> in your |
| 1027 | path for other work. |
| 1028 | <p> |
| 1029 | |
| 1030 | <li>Run <tt>configure</tt> with an alternative <tt>PATH</tt> that |
| 1031 | is correct. In a Borne compatible shell, the syntax would be: |
| 1032 | <p> |
| 1033 | <tt>PATH=<the path without the bad program> ./configure ...</tt> |
| 1034 | <p> |
| 1035 | This is still somewhat inconvenient, but it allows |
| 1036 | <tt>configure</tt> to do its work without having to adjust your |
| 1037 | <tt>PATH</tt> permanently. |
| 1038 | </ol> |
John Criswell | 3c852b6 | 2003-08-08 22:43:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1039 | |
| 1040 | <dt><b>I've upgraded to a new version of LLVM, and I get strange build |
| 1041 | errors.</b> |
| 1042 | <dd> |
| 1043 | Sometimes changes to the LLVM source code alters how the build system |
| 1044 | works. Changes in libtool, autoconf, or header file dependencies are |
| 1045 | especially prone to this sort of problem. |
| 1046 | <p> |
| 1047 | The best thing to try is to remove the old files and re-build. In most |
| 1048 | cases, this takes care of the problem. To do this, just type <tt>make |
| 1049 | clean</tt> and then <tt>make</tt> in the directory that fails to build. |
| 1050 | <p> |
| 1051 | |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1052 | </dl> |
| 1053 | |
| 1054 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
John Criswell | 0b45920 | 2003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1055 | <h2><center><a name="links">Links</a></center></h2> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1056 | <!--=====================================================================--> |
| 1057 | |
| 1058 | <p>This document is just an <b>introduction</b> to how to use LLVM to do |
| 1059 | some simple things... there are many more interesting and complicated things |
| 1060 | that you can do that aren't documented here (but we'll gladly accept a patch |
| 1061 | if you want to write something up!). For more information about LLVM, check |
| 1062 | out:</p> |
| 1063 | |
| 1064 | <ul> |
| 1065 | <li><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/">LLVM homepage</a></li> |
| 1066 | <li><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/doxygen/">LLVM doxygen tree</a></li> |
John Criswell | ce760f6 | 2003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1067 | <li><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/docs/Projects.html">Starting a Project that Uses LLVM</a></li> |
John Criswell | 85ed361 | 2003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1068 | </ul> |
| 1069 | |
| 1070 | <hr> |
| 1071 | |
| 1072 | If you have any questions or run into any snags (or you have any |
| 1073 | additions...), please send an email to |
| 1074 | <a href="mailto:sabre@nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a>.</p> |
| 1075 | |
| 1076 | <!-- Created: Mon Jul 1 02:29:02 CDT 2002 --> |
| 1077 | <!-- hhmts start --> |
| 1078 | Last modified: Tue Jun 3 22:06:43 CDT 2003 |
| 1079 | <!-- hhmts end --> |
| 1080 | </body> |
Guochun Shi | f4688a8 | 2002-07-17 23:05:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1081 | </html> |