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12 Getting Started with the LLVM System
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John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +000014
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +000015<ul>
16 <li><a href="#overview">Overview</a>
17 <li><a href="#quickstart">Getting Started Quickly (A Summary)</a>
18 <li><a href="#requirements">Requirements</a>
Chris Lattner96768ea2003-02-14 04:22:13 +000019 <ol>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +000020 <li><a href="#hardware">Hardware</a>
21 <li><a href="#software">Software</a>
Chris Lattner95e92582004-07-18 22:32:22 +000022 <li><a href="#brokengcc">Broken versions of GCC</a>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +000023 </ol></li>
John Criswell7a73b802003-06-30 21:59:07 +000024
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +000025 <li><a href="#starting">Getting Started with LLVM</a>
John Criswell0b459202003-07-08 20:35:59 +000026 <ol>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +000027 <li><a href="#terminology">Terminology and Notation</a>
28 <li><a href="#environment">Setting Up Your Environment</a>
29 <li><a href="#unpack">Unpacking the LLVM Archives</a>
30 <li><a href="#checkout">Checkout LLVM from CVS</a>
31 <li><a href="#installcf">Install the GCC Front End</a>
32 <li><a href="#config">Local LLVM Configuration</a>
33 <li><a href="#compile">Compiling the LLVM Suite Source Code</a>
34 <li><a href="#objfiles">The Location of LLVM Object Files</a>
Chris Lattnera553f622004-03-25 20:38:40 +000035 <li><a href="#optionalconfig">Optional Configuration Items</a>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +000036 </ol></li>
John Criswell0b459202003-07-08 20:35:59 +000037
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +000038 <li><a href="#layout">Program layout</a>
39 <ol>
40 <li><a href="#cvsdir"><tt>CVS</tt> directories</a>
41 <li><a href="#include"><tt>llvm/include</tt></a>
42 <li><a href="#lib"><tt>llvm/lib</tt></a>
43 <li><a href="#runtime"><tt>llvm/runtime</tt></a>
44 <li><a href="#test"><tt>llvm/test</tt></a>
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +000045 <li><a href="#llvmtest"><tt>llvm-test</tt></a>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +000046 <li><a href="#tools"><tt>llvm/tools</tt></a>
47 <li><a href="#utils"><tt>llvm/utils</tt></a>
48 </ol></li>
John Criswell0f6d7c02003-10-27 18:18:16 +000049
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +000050 <li><a href="#tutorial">An Example Using the LLVM Tool Chain</a>
51 <li><a href="#problems">Common Problems</a>
52 <li><a href="#links">Links</a>
53</ul>
54
Chris Lattner7911ce22004-05-23 21:07:27 +000055<div class="doc_author">
56 <p>Written by:
57 <a href="mailto:criswell@uiuc.edu">John Criswell</a>,
58 <a href="mailto:sabre@nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a>,
59 <a href="http://misha.brukman.net">Misha Brukman</a>,
60 <a href="http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/~vadve">Vikram Adve</a>, and
61 <a href="mailto:gshi1@uiuc.edu">Guochun Shi</a>.
62 </p>
63</div>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +000064
65
66<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
67<div class="doc_section">
68 <a name="overview"><b>Overview</b></a>
69</div>
70<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
71
72<div class="doc_text">
73
74<p>Welcome to LLVM! In order to get started, you first need to know some
75basic information.</p>
76
77<p>First, LLVM comes in two pieces. The first piece is the LLVM suite. This
78contains all of the tools, libraries, and header files needed to use the low
79level virtual machine. It contains an assembler, disassembler, bytecode
80analyzer, and bytecode optimizer. It also contains a test suite that can be
81used to test the LLVM tools and the GCC front end.</p>
82
83<p>The second piece is the GCC front end. This component provides a version of
84GCC that compiles C and C++ code into LLVM bytecode. Currently, the GCC front
85end is a modified version of GCC 3.4 (we track the GCC 3.4 development). Once
86compiled into LLVM bytecode, a program can be manipulated with the LLVM tools
87from the LLVM suite.</p>
88
89</div>
90
91<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
92<div class="doc_section">
93 <a name="quickstart"><b>Getting Started Quickly (A Summary)</b></a>
94</div>
95<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
96
97<div class="doc_text">
98
99<p>Here's the short story for getting up and running quickly with LLVM:</p>
100
101<ol>
Reid Spencer9f547912004-11-08 00:29:22 +0000102 <li>Read the documentation.</li>
103 <li>Read the documentation.</li>
104 <li>Remember that you were warned twice about reading the documentation.</li>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000105 <li>Install the GCC front end:
106 <ol>
107 <li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-the-C-front-end-to-live</i></tt>
108 <li><tt>gunzip --stdout cfrontend.<i>platform</i>.tar.gz | tar -xvf -</tt>
John Criswell364cec42004-03-12 20:31:37 +0000109 <li><b>Sparc and MacOS X Only:</b><br>
110 <tt>cd cfrontend/<i>platform</i><br>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000111 ./fixheaders</tt>
112 </ol></li>
113
114 <li>Get the Source Code
115 <ul>
116 <li>With the distributed files:
117 <ol>
118 <li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-llvm-to-live</i></tt>
John Criswell364cec42004-03-12 20:31:37 +0000119 <li><tt>gunzip --stdout llvm-<i>version</i>.tar.gz | tar -xvf -</tt>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000120 <li><tt>cd llvm</tt>
121 </ol></li>
122
Misha Brukmanb3707ba2004-06-18 20:18:31 +0000123 <li>With anonymous CVS access (or use a <a href="#mirror">mirror</a>):
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000124 <ol>
125 <li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-llvm-to-live</i></tt></li>
126 <li><tt>cvs -d
127 :pserver:anon@llvm-cvs.cs.uiuc.edu:/var/cvs/llvm login</tt></li>
128 <li>Hit the return key when prompted for the password.
129 <li><tt>cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anon@llvm-cvs.cs.uiuc.edu:/var/cvs/llvm
130 co llvm</tt></li>
131 <li><tt>cd llvm</tt></li>
132 </ol></li>
133 </ul></li>
134
135 <li>Configure the LLVM Build Environment
136 <ol>
137 <li>Change directory to where you want to store the LLVM object
138 files and run <tt>configure</tt> to configure the Makefiles and
139 header files for the default platform. Useful options include:
140 <ul>
141 <li><tt>--with-llvmgccdir=<i>directory</i></tt>
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000142 <p>Specify the full pathname of where the LLVM GCC frontend is
143 installed.</p></li>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000144 <li><tt>--enable-spec2000=<i>directory</i></tt>
145 <p>Enable the SPEC2000 benchmarks for testing. The SPEC2000
146 benchmarks should be available in
147 <tt><i>directory</i></tt>.</p></li>
148 </ul>
149 </ol></li>
150
151 <li>Build the LLVM Suite:
152 <ol>
Chris Lattner95e92582004-07-18 22:32:22 +0000153 <li>Set your LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH environment variable.</li>
154 <li><tt>gmake -k |&amp; tee gnumake.out
155 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# this is csh or tcsh syntax</tt></li>
156 <li>If you get an "internal compiler error (ICE)" see <a href="#brokengcc">below</a>.</li>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000157 </ol>
158
159</ol>
160
Chris Lattnerfcd37252004-06-21 22:52:48 +0000161<p>Consult the <a href="#starting">Getting Started with LLVM</a> section for
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000162detailed information on configuring and compiling LLVM. See <a
163href="#environment">Setting Up Your Environment</a> for tips that simplify
164working with the GCC front end and LLVM tools. Go to <a href="#layout">Program
165Layout</a> to learn about the layout of the source code tree.</p>
166
167</div>
168
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170<div class="doc_section">
171 <a name="requirements"><b>Requirements</b></a>
172</div>
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174
175<div class="doc_text">
176
177<p>Before you begin to use the LLVM system, review the requirements given below.
178This may save you some trouble by knowing ahead of time what hardware and
179software you will need.</p>
180
181</div>
182
183<!-- ======================================================================= -->
184<div class="doc_subsection">
185 <a name="hardware"><b>Hardware</b></a>
186</div>
187
188<div class="doc_text">
189
190<p>LLVM is known to work on the following platforms:</p>
191
Misha Brukman14ab5372004-11-15 05:19:53 +0000192<table cellpadding="3">
193<tr>
194 <th>OS</th>
195 <th>Arch</th>
196 <th>Source code</th>
197 <th>Object code</th>
198 <th>GCC front end</th>
199 <th>Total space</th>
200</tr>
201<tr>
202 <td>Linux</td>
203 <td>x86<sup>1</sup></td>
204 <td>57 MB</td>
205 <td>2.5 GB</td>
206 <td>30 MB</td>
207 <td>2.6 GB</td>
208</tr>
209<tr>
210 <td>Solaris</td>
211 <td>V9 (Ultrasparc)</td>
212 <td>57 MB</td>
213 <td>2.5 GB</td>
214 <td>46 MB</td>
215 <td>2.6 GB</td>
216</tr>
217<tr>
218 <td>FreeBSD</td>
219 <td>x86<sup>1</sup></td>
220 <td>57 MB</td>
Misha Brukman00117692004-11-15 21:05:08 +0000221 <td>850 MB</td>
Misha Brukman14ab5372004-11-15 05:19:53 +0000222 <td>40 MB</td>
223 <td>1 GB</td>
224</tr>
225<tr>
Misha Brukman00117692004-11-15 21:05:08 +0000226 <td>MacOS X<sup>2</sup></td>
Misha Brukman14ab5372004-11-15 05:19:53 +0000227 <td>PowerPC</td>
228 <td>57 MB</td>
229 <td>1.5 GB</td>
230 <td>36 MB</td>
231 <td>1.6 GB</td>
232</tr>
233<tr>
Misha Brukman00117692004-11-15 21:05:08 +0000234 <td>AIX<sup>3</sup></td>
Misha Brukman14ab5372004-11-15 05:19:53 +0000235 <td>PowerPC</td>
236 <td>92 MB</td>
237 <td>2.8 GB</td>
238 <td>123 MB</td>
239 <td>3 GB</td>
240</tr>
Misha Brukman00117692004-11-15 21:05:08 +0000241<tr>
242 <td>Linux<sup>3</sup></td>
243 <td>PowerPC</td>
244 <td>30 MB</td>
245 <td>1.1 GB</td>
246 <td>--</td>
247 <td>1 GB</td>
248</tr>
Misha Brukman14ab5372004-11-15 05:19:53 +0000249</table>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000250
Misha Brukman14ab5372004-11-15 05:19:53 +0000251<p>
Misha Brukman00117692004-11-15 21:05:08 +0000252Notes:<br>
Misha Brukman14ab5372004-11-15 05:19:53 +0000253<sup>1</sup> Code generation supported for Pentium processors and up<br>
Misha Brukman00117692004-11-15 21:05:08 +0000254<sup>2</sup> Code generation supported for 32-bit ABI only<br>
255<sup>3</sup> No native code generation<br>
Misha Brukman14ab5372004-11-15 05:19:53 +0000256</p>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000257
258<p>The LLVM suite <i>may</i> compile on other platforms, but it is not
259guaranteed to do so. If compilation is successful, the LLVM utilities should be
260able to assemble, disassemble, analyze, and optimize LLVM bytecode. Code
261generation should work as well, although the generated native code may not work
262on your platform.</p>
263
264<p>The GCC front end is not very portable at the moment. If you want to get it
Misha Brukman22e9e332004-08-09 19:57:01 +0000265to work on another platform, you can download a copy of the source and <a
266href="CFEBuildInstrs.html">try to compile it</a> on your platform.</p>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000267
268</div>
269
270<!-- ======================================================================= -->
Reid Spencer748d82e2004-11-15 21:15:12 +0000271<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="software"><b>Software</b></a></div>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000272<div class="doc_text">
Reid Spencer748d82e2004-11-15 21:15:12 +0000273 <p>Compiling LLVM requires that you have several software packages
274 installed. The table below lists those required packages. The Package column
275 is the usual name for the software package that LLVM depends on. The Version
276 column provides "known to work" versions of the package. The Notes column
277 describes how LLVM uses the package and provides other details.</p>
278 <table>
279 <tr><th>Package</th><th>Version</th><th>Notes</th></tr>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000280
Reid Spencer748d82e2004-11-15 21:15:12 +0000281 <tr>
282 <td><a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/make">GNU Make</a></td>
283 <td>3.79, 3.79.1</td>
284 <td>Makefile/build processor</td>
285 </tr>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000286
Reid Spencer748d82e2004-11-15 21:15:12 +0000287 <tr>
288 <td><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org">GCC</a></td>
289 <td>3.4.2</td>
290 <td>C/C++ compiler (<a href="#Note4">Note 4</a>)</td>
291 </tr>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000292
Reid Spencer748d82e2004-11-15 21:15:12 +0000293 <tr>
294 <td><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/flex">Flex</a></td>
295 <td>2.5.4</td>
296 <td>LEX compiler</td>
297 </tr>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000298
Reid Spencer748d82e2004-11-15 21:15:12 +0000299 <tr>
300 <td><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/bison.html">Bison</a></td>
301 <td>1.35</td>
302 <td>YACC compiler</td>
303 </tr>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000304
Reid Spencer748d82e2004-11-15 21:15:12 +0000305 <tr>
306 <td><a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/dejagnu">DejaGnu</a></td>
307 <td>1.4.2</td>
308 <td>Automated test suite (<a href="#Note2">Note 2</a>)</td>
309 </tr>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000310
Reid Spencer748d82e2004-11-15 21:15:12 +0000311 <tr>
312 <td><a href="http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/">tcl</a></td>
313 <td>8.3, 8.4</td>
314 <td>Automated test suite (<a href="#Note2">Note 2</a>)</td>
315 </tr>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000316
Reid Spencer748d82e2004-11-15 21:15:12 +0000317 <tr>
318 <td><a href="http://expect.nist.gov/">expect</a></td>
319 <td>5.38.0</td>
320 <td>Automated test suite (<a href="#Note2">Note 2</a>)</td>
321 </tr>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000322
Reid Spencer748d82e2004-11-15 21:15:12 +0000323 <tr>
324 <td><a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/m4">GNU M4</a>
325 <td>1.4</td>
326 <td>Macro processor for configuration (<a href="#Note1">Note 1</a>)</td>
327 </tr>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000328
Reid Spencer748d82e2004-11-15 21:15:12 +0000329 <tr>
330 <td><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf">GNU Autoconf</a></td>
331 <td>2.59</td>
332 <td>Configuration script builder (<a href="#Note1">Note 1</a>)</td>
333 </tr>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000334
Reid Spencer748d82e2004-11-15 21:15:12 +0000335 <tr>
336 <td><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/automake">GNU Automake</a></td>
337 <td>2.59</td>
338 <td>aclocal macro generator (<a href="#Note1">Note 1</a>)</td>
339 </tr>
340
341 <tr>
342 <td><a href="http://www.perl.com/download.csp">perl</a></td>
343 <td>&gt;5.6.0</td>
344 <td>Nightly tester, utilities</td>
345 </tr>
346
347 <tr>
348 <td><a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/libtool">libtool</a></td>
349 <td>1.5.10</td>
350 <td>Shared library manager (<a href="#Note1">Note 1</a>)</td>
351 </tr>
352
353 <tr>
354 <td><a href="http://www.codesourcery.com/qmtest">QMTest</a></td>
355 <td>2.0.3</td>
356 <td>Automated test suite (<a href="#Note2">Note 2</a>,<a href="#Note3">
357 Note 3</a>)</td>
358 </tr>
359
360 <tr>
361 <td><a href="http://www.python.org">Python</a></td>
362 <td>2.3</td>
363 <td>Automated test suite (<a href="#Note2">Note 2</a>,<a href="#Note3">
364 Note 3</a>)</td>
365 </tr>
366
367 <tr>
368 <td><a href="https://www.cvshome.org/downloads.html">CVS</a></td>
369 <td>&gt;1.11</td>
370 <td>CVS access to LLVM (<a href="#Note5">Note 5</a>)</td>
371 </tr>
372
373 </table>
374
375 <p>Notes:</p>
376 <ol>
377 <li><a name="Note1">If you want to make changes to the configure scripts,
378 you will need GNU autoconf (2.59), and consequently, GNU M4 (version 1.4
379 or higher). You will also need automake. We only use aclocal from that
380 package.</a></li>
381 <li><a name="Note2">Only needed if you want to run the automated test
382 suite in the <tt>test</tt> directory.</a></li>
383 <li><a name="Note3">These are needed to use the LLVM test suite.</a>
384 Please note that newer versions of QMTest may not work with the LLVM
385 test suite. QMTest 2.0.3 can be retrieved from the QMTest CVS
386 repository using the following commands:
John Criswelld1799612004-03-29 20:23:11 +0000387 <ul>
Reid Spencer748d82e2004-11-15 21:15:12 +0000388 <li><tt>cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.codesourcery.com:/home/qm/Repository login</tt></li>
389 <li>When prompted, use <tt>anoncvs</tt> as the password. </li>
390 <li><tt>cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.codesourcery.com:/home/qm/Repository co -r release-2-0-3 qm</tt></li>
John Criswelld1799612004-03-29 20:23:11 +0000391 </ul>
Reid Spencer748d82e2004-11-15 21:15:12 +0000392 </li>
393 <li><a name="Note4">Only the C and C++ languages needed so there's no need
394 to build the other languages for LLVM's purposes.</a> See
395 <a href="#brokengcc">below</a> for specific version info.
396 </li>
397 <li><a name="Note5">You only need CVS if you intend to build from the
398 latest LLVM sources. If you're working from a release distribution, you
399 don't need CVS.</a></li>
400 </ol>
401 <p>Additionally, your compilation host is expected to have the usual
402 plethora of Unix utilities. Specifically:</p>
403 <ul>
404 <li><b>ar</b> - archive library builder</li>
405 <li><b>bzip2*</b> - bzip2 command for distribution generation</li>
406 <li><b>bunzip2*</b> - bunzip2 command for distribution checking</li>
407 <li><b>chmod</b> - change permissions on a file</li>
408 <li><b>cat</b> - output concatentation utility</li>
409 <li><b>cp</b> - copy files</li>
410 <li><b>date</b> - print the current date/time </li>
411 <li><b>echo</b> - print to standard output</li>
412 <li><b>egrep</b> - extended regular expression search utility</li>
413 <li><b>etags</b> - C/C++ tag file creator for vim/emacs</li>
414 <li><b>find</b> - find files/dirs in a file system</li>
415 <li><b>grep</b> - regular expression search utility</li>
416 <li><b>gzip*</b> - gzip command for distribution generation</li>
417 <li><b>gunzip*</b> - gunzip command for distribution checking</li>
418 <li><b>install</b> - install directories/files </li>
419 <li><b>mkdir</b> - create a directory</li>
420 <li><b>mv</b> - move (rename) files</li>
421 <li><b>ranlib</b> - symbol table builder for archive libraries</li>
422 <li><b>sed</b> - stream editor for transforming output</li>
423 <li><b>sh</b> - Bourne shell for make build scripts</li>
424 <li><b>tar</b> - tape archive for distribution generation</li>
425 <li><b>test</b> - test things in file system</li>
426 <li><b>unzip*</b> - unzip command for distribution checking</li>
427 <li><b>zip*</b> - zip command for distribution generation</li>
428 </ul>
Chris Lattner95e92582004-07-18 22:32:22 +0000429</div>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000430
Chris Lattner95e92582004-07-18 22:32:22 +0000431<!-- ======================================================================= -->
432<div class="doc_subsection">
433 <a name="brokengcc">Broken versions of GCC</a>
434</div>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000435
Chris Lattner95e92582004-07-18 22:32:22 +0000436<div class="doc_text">
437
438<p>LLVM is very demanding of the host C++ compiler, and as such tends to expose
439bugs in the compiler. In particular, several versions of GCC crash when trying
440to compile LLVM. We routinely use GCC 3.3.3 and GCC 3.4.0 and have had success
441with them. Other versions of GCC will probably work as well. GCC versions listed
442here are known to not work. If you are using one of these versions, please try
443to upgrade your GCC to something more recent. If you run into a problem with a
444version of GCC not listed here, please <a href="mailto:llvmdev@cs.uiuc.edu">let
445us know</a>. Please use the "<tt>gcc -v</tt>" command to find out which version
446of GCC you are using.
447</p>
448
449<p><b>GCC versions prior to 3.0</b>: GCC 2.96.x and before had several
450problems in the STL that effectively prevent it from compiling LLVM.
451</p>
452
453<p><b>GCC 3.3.2</b>: This version of GCC suffered from a <a
454href="http://gcc.gnu.org/PR13392">serious bug</a> which causes it to crash in
455the "<tt>convert_from_eh_region_ranges_1</tt>" GCC function.</p>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000456
457</div>
458
Chris Lattner95e92582004-07-18 22:32:22 +0000459
460
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000461<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
462<div class="doc_section">
463 <a name="starting"><b>Getting Started with LLVM</b></a>
464</div>
465<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
466
Chris Lattner95e92582004-07-18 22:32:22 +0000467<div class="doc_text">
468
469<p>The remainder of this guide is meant to get you up and running with
470LLVM and to give you some basic information about the LLVM environment.</p>
471
472<p>The later sections of this guide describe the <a
473href="#layout">general layout</a> of the the LLVM source tree, a <a
474href="#tutorial">simple example</a> using the LLVM tool chain, and <a
475href="#links">links</a> to find more information about LLVM or to get
476help via e-mail.</p>
477</div>
478
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000479<!-- ======================================================================= -->
480<div class="doc_subsection">
481 <a name="terminology">Terminology and Notation</a>
482</div>
483
484<div class="doc_text">
485
486<p>Throughout this manual, the following names are used to denote paths
487specific to the local system and working environment. <i>These are not
488environment variables you need to set but just strings used in the rest
489of this document below</i>. In any of the examples below, simply replace
490each of these names with the appropriate pathname on your local system.
491All these paths are absolute:</p>
492
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000493<dl>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000494 <dt>SRC_ROOT
495 <dd>
496 This is the top level directory of the LLVM source tree.
John Criswell0f6d7c02003-10-27 18:18:16 +0000497 <p>
498
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000499 <dt>OBJ_ROOT
500 <dd>
501 This is the top level directory of the LLVM object tree (i.e. the
502 tree where object files and compiled programs will be placed. It
503 can be the same as SRC_ROOT).
504 <p>
505
506 <dt>LLVMGCCDIR
507 <dd>
508 This is the where the LLVM GCC Front End is installed.
509 <p>
510 For the pre-built GCC front end binaries, the LLVMGCCDIR is
511 <tt>cfrontend/<i>platform</i>/llvm-gcc</tt>.
512</dl>
513
514</div>
515
516<!-- ======================================================================= -->
517<div class="doc_subsection">
518 <a name="environment">Setting Up Your Environment</a>
519</div>
520
521<div class="doc_text">
522
523<p>
524In order to compile and use LLVM, you will need to set some environment
525variables. There are also some shell aliases which you may find useful.
526You can set these on the command line, or better yet, set them in your
527<tt>.cshrc</tt> or <tt>.profile</tt>.
528
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000529<dl>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000530 <dt><tt>LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH</tt>=<tt><i>LLVMGCCDIR</i>/bytecode-libs</tt>
531 <dd>
532 This environment variable helps the LLVM GCC front end find bytecode
533 libraries that it will need for compilation.
534 <p>
535
536 <dt>alias llvmgcc <i>LLVMGCCDIR</i><tt>/bin/gcc</tt>
537 <dt>alias llvmg++ <i>LLVMGCCDIR</i><tt>/bin/g++</tt>
538 <dd>
539 This alias allows you to use the LLVM C and C++ front ends without putting
540 them in your <tt>PATH</tt> or typing in their complete pathnames.
541</dl>
542
543</div>
544
545<!-- ======================================================================= -->
546<div class="doc_subsection">
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000547 <a name="unpack">Unpacking the LLVM Archives</a>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000548</div>
549
550<div class="doc_text">
551
552<p>
553If you have the LLVM distribution, you will need to unpack it before you
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000554can begin to compile it. LLVM is distributed as a set of two files: the LLVM
555suite and the LLVM GCC front end compiled for your platform. Each
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000556file is a TAR archive that is compressed with the gzip program.
557</p>
558
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000559<p> The files are as follows:
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000560<dl>
John Criswell18b74642004-08-16 14:51:33 +0000561 <dt>llvm-1.3.tar.gz
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000562 <dd>This is the source code to the LLVM suite.
563 <p>
564
John Criswell18b74642004-08-16 14:51:33 +0000565 <dt>cfrontend-1.3.sparc-sun-solaris2.8.tar.gz
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000566 <dd>This is the binary release of the GCC front end for Solaris/Sparc.
567 <p>
568
John Criswell18b74642004-08-16 14:51:33 +0000569 <dt>cfrontend-1.3.i686-redhat-linux-gnu.tar.gz
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000570 <dd>This is the binary release of the GCC front end for Linux/x86.
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000571 <p>
572
John Criswell18b74642004-08-16 14:51:33 +0000573 <dt>cfrontend-1.3.i386-unknown-freebsd5.1.tar.gz
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000574 <dd>This is the binary release of the GCC front end for FreeBSD/x86.
575 <p>
576
John Criswell18b74642004-08-16 14:51:33 +0000577 <dt>cfrontend-1.3.powerpc-apple-darwin7.0.0.tar.gz
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000578 <dd>This is the binary release of the GCC front end for MacOS X/PPC.
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000579</dl>
580
581</div>
582
583<!-- ======================================================================= -->
584<div class="doc_subsection">
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000585 <a name="checkout">Checkout LLVM from CVS</a>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000586</div>
587
588<div class="doc_text">
589
590<p>If you have access to our CVS repository, you can get a fresh copy of
591the entire source code. All you need to do is check it out from CVS as
592follows:</p>
593
594<ul>
595<li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-llvm-to-live</i></tt>
596 <li><tt>cvs -d :pserver:anon@llvm-cvs.cs.uiuc.edu:/var/cvs/llvm login</tt>
597 <li>Hit the return key when prompted for the password.
598 <li><tt>cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anon@llvm-cvs.cs.uiuc.edu:/var/cvs/llvm co
599 llvm</tt>
600</ul>
601
602<p>This will create an '<tt>llvm</tt>' directory in the current
603directory and fully populate it with the LLVM source code, Makefiles,
604test directories, and local copies of documentation files.</p>
605
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000606<p>If you want to get a specific release (as opposed to the most recent
607revision), you can specify a label. The following releases have the following
608label:</p>
609
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000610<ul>
John Criswell18b74642004-08-16 14:51:33 +0000611<li>Release 1.3: <b>RELEASE_13</b></li>
Misha Brukmanb9be2bf2004-05-12 19:25:59 +0000612<li>Release 1.2: <b>RELEASE_12</b></li>
613<li>Release 1.1: <b>RELEASE_11</b></li>
614<li>Release 1.0: <b>RELEASE_1</b></li>
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000615</ul>
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000616
Misha Brukmanb9be2bf2004-05-12 19:25:59 +0000617<p>If you would like to get the GCC front end source code, you can also get it
618from the CVS repository:</p>
619
Chris Lattner604fdc12004-06-28 17:14:01 +0000620<pre>
621 cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anon@llvm-cvs.cs.uiuc.edu:/var/cvs/llvm co llvm-gcc
Misha Brukmanb9be2bf2004-05-12 19:25:59 +0000622</pre>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000623
Chris Lattner604fdc12004-06-28 17:14:01 +0000624<p>Please note that you must follow <a href="CFEBuildInstrs.html">these
625instructions</a> to successfully build the LLVM C front-end.</p>
626
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000627</div>
628
629<!-- ======================================================================= -->
Chris Lattner883bcbe2004-06-18 20:15:58 +0000630<div class="doc_subsubsection">
631 <a name="mirrors">LLVM CVS Mirrors</a>
632</div>
633
634<div class="doc_text">
635
636<p>If the main CVS server is overloaded or inaccessible, you can try one of
637these user-hosted mirrors:</p>
638
639<ul>
Misha Brukmanb3707ba2004-06-18 20:18:31 +0000640<li><a href="http://llvm.x10sys.com/">Mirror hosted by eXtensible Systems
641Inc.</a></li>
Chris Lattner883bcbe2004-06-18 20:15:58 +0000642</ul>
643</div>
644
645<!-- ======================================================================= -->
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000646<div class="doc_subsection">
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000647 <a name="installcf">Install the GCC Front End</a>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000648</div>
649
650<div class="doc_text">
651
652<p>Before configuring and compiling the LLVM suite, you need to extract the LLVM
653GCC front end from the binary distribution. It is used for building the
654bytecode libraries later used by the GCC front end for linking programs, and its
655location must be specified when the LLVM suite is configured.</p>
656
657<p>To install the GCC front end, do the following:</p>
658
659<ol>
660 <li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-the-front-end-to-live</i></tt></li>
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000661 <li><tt>gunzip --stdout cfrontend-<i>version</i>.<i>platform</i>.tar.gz | tar -xvf
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000662 -</tt></li>
663</ol>
664
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000665<p>If you are using Solaris/Sparc or MacOS X/PPC, you will need to fix the
666header files:</p>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000667
John Criswell364cec42004-03-12 20:31:37 +0000668<p><tt>cd cfrontend/<i>platform</i><br>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000669 ./fixheaders</tt></p>
670
671<p>The binary versions of the GCC front end may not suit all of your needs. For
672example, the binary distribution may include an old version of a system header
673file, not "fix" a header file that needs to be fixed for GCC, or it may be
674linked with libraries not available on your system.</p>
675
676<p>In cases like these, you may want to try <a
677href="CFEBuildInstrs.html">building the GCC front end from source.</a> This is
678not for the faint of heart, so be forewarned.</p>
679
680</div>
681
682<!-- ======================================================================= -->
683<div class="doc_subsection">
684 <a name="config">Local LLVM Configuration</a>
685</div>
686
687<div class="doc_text">
688
689<p>Once checked out from the CVS repository, the LLVM suite source code must be
690configured via the <tt>configure</tt> script. This script sets variables in
691<tt>llvm/Makefile.config</tt> and <tt>llvm/include/Config/config.h</tt>. It
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000692also populates <i>OBJ_ROOT</i> with the Makefiles needed to begin building
693LLVM.</p>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000694
695<p>The following environment variables are used by the <tt>configure</tt>
696script to configure the build system:</p>
697
Reid Spencerd3f876c2004-11-01 08:19:36 +0000698<table>
699 <tr><th>Variable</th><th>Purpose</th></tr>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000700 <tr>
701 <td>CC</td>
702 <td>Tells <tt>configure</tt> which C compiler to use. By default,
703 <tt>configure</tt> will look for the first GCC C compiler in
704 <tt>PATH</tt>. Use this variable to override
705 <tt>configure</tt>'s default behavior.</td>
706 </tr>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000707 <tr>
708 <td>CXX</td>
709 <td>Tells <tt>configure</tt> which C++ compiler to use. By default,
710 <tt>configure</tt> will look for the first GCC C++ compiler in
711 <tt>PATH</tt>. Use this variable to override
712 <tt>configure</tt>'s default behavior.</td>
713 </tr>
714</table>
715
716<p>The following options can be used to set or enable LLVM specific options:</p>
717
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000718<dl>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000719 <dt><i>--with-llvmgccdir=LLVMGCCDIR</i>
720 <dd>
John Criswell364cec42004-03-12 20:31:37 +0000721 Path to the location where the LLVM GCC front end binaries and
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000722 associated libraries were installed. This must be specified as an
723 absolute pathname.
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000724 <p>
725 <dt><i>--enable-optimized</i>
726 <dd>
727 Enables optimized compilation by default (debugging symbols are removed
728 and GCC optimization flags are enabled). The default is to use an
729 unoptimized build (also known as a debug build).
730 <p>
731 <dt><i>--enable-jit</i>
732 <dd>
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000733 Compile the Just In Time (JIT) compiler functionality. This is not
734 available
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000735 on all platforms. The default is dependent on platform, so it is best
736 to explicitly enable it if you want it.
737 <p>
738 <dt><i>--enable-spec2000</i>
739 <dt><i>--enable-spec2000=&lt;<tt>directory</tt>&gt;</i>
740 <dd>
741 Enable the use of SPEC2000 when testing LLVM. This is disabled by default
742 (unless <tt>configure</tt> finds SPEC2000 installed). By specifying
743 <tt>directory</tt>, you can tell configure where to find the SPEC2000
744 benchmarks. If <tt>directory</tt> is left unspecified, <tt>configure</tt>
745 uses the default value
746 <tt>/home/vadve/shared/benchmarks/speccpu2000/benchspec</tt>.
John Criswell364cec42004-03-12 20:31:37 +0000747 <p>
748 <dt><i>--enable-spec95</i>
749 <dt><i>--enable-spec95=&lt;<tt>directory</tt>&gt;</i>
750 <dd>
751 Enable the use of SPEC95 when testing LLVM. It is similar to the
752 <i>--enable-spec2000</i> option.
753 <p>
754 <dt><i>--enable-povray</i>
755 <dt><i>--enable-povray=&lt;<tt>directory</tt>&gt;</i>
756 <dd>
757 Enable the use of Povray as an external test. Versions of Povray written
758 in C should work. This option is similar to the <i>--enable-spec2000</i>
759 option.
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000760</dl>
761
762<p>To configure LLVM, follow these steps:</p>
763
764<ol>
765 <li>Change directory into the object root directory:
John Criswell0f6d7c02003-10-27 18:18:16 +0000766 <br>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000767 <tt>cd <i>OBJ_ROOT</i></tt>
John Criswell0f6d7c02003-10-27 18:18:16 +0000768 <p>
John Criswell0f6d7c02003-10-27 18:18:16 +0000769
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000770 <li>Run the <tt>configure</tt> script located in the LLVM source tree:
771 <br>
772 <tt><i>SRC_ROOT</i>/configure</tt>
John Criswell0f6d7c02003-10-27 18:18:16 +0000773 <p>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000774</ol>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000775
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000776<p>In addition to running <tt>configure</tt>, you must set the
777<tt>LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH</tt> environment variable in your startup scripts.
778This environment variable is used to locate "system" libraries like
779"<tt>-lc</tt>" and "<tt>-lm</tt>" when linking. This variable should be set to
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000780the absolute path of the <tt>bytecode-libs</tt> subdirectory of the GCC front
781end, or <i>LLVMGCCDIR</i>/<tt>bytecode-libs</tt>. For example, one might set
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000782<tt>LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH</tt> to
John Criswelld000e1d2003-12-18 16:43:17 +0000783<tt>/home/vadve/lattner/local/x86/llvm-gcc/bytecode-libs</tt> for the x86
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000784version of the GCC front end on our research machines.</p>
John Criswell7a73b802003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000785
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000786</div>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000787
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000788<!-- ======================================================================= -->
789<div class="doc_subsection">
790 <a name="compile">Compiling the LLVM Suite Source Code</a>
791</div>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000792
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000793<div class="doc_text">
John Criswell0b459202003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000794
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000795<p>Once you have configured LLVM, you can build it. There are three types of
796builds:</p>
John Criswell0b459202003-07-08 20:35:59 +0000797
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000798<dl>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000799 <dt>Debug Builds
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000800 <dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000801 These builds are the default when one types <tt>gmake</tt> (unless the
802 <tt>--enable-optimized</tt> option was used during configuration). The
803 build system will compile the tools and libraries with debugging
804 information.
805 <p>
806
807 <dt>Release (Optimized) Builds
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000808 <dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000809 These builds are enabled with the <tt>--enable-optimized</tt> option to
810 <tt>configure</tt> or by specifying <tt>ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=1</tt> on the
811 <tt>gmake</tt> command line. For these builds, the build system will
812 compile the tools and libraries with GCC optimizations enabled and strip
813 debugging information from the libraries and executables it generates.
814 <p>
815
816 <dt>Profile Builds
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000817 <dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000818 These builds are for use with profiling. They compile profiling
819 information into the code for use with programs like <tt>gprof</tt>.
820 Profile builds must be started by specifying <tt>ENABLE_PROFILING=1</tt>
821 on the <tt>gmake</tt> command line.
822</dl>
John Criswell7a73b802003-06-30 21:59:07 +0000823
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000824<p>Once you have LLVM configured, you can build it by entering the
825<i>OBJ_ROOT</i> directory and issuing the following command:</p>
John Criswell20d2d3e2003-10-10 14:26:14 +0000826
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000827<p><tt>gmake</tt></p>
John Criswell20d2d3e2003-10-10 14:26:14 +0000828
Chris Lattner95e92582004-07-18 22:32:22 +0000829<p>If the build fails, please <a href="#brokengcc">check here</a> to see if you
830are using a known broken version of GCC to compile LLVM with.</p>
831
832<p>
833If you have multiple processors in your machine, you may wish to use some of
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000834the parallel build options provided by GNU Make. For example, you could use the
835command:</p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000836
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000837<p><tt>gmake -j2</tt></p>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000838
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000839<p>There are several special targets which are useful when working with the LLVM
840source code:</p>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000841
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000842<dl>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000843 <dt><tt>gmake clean</tt>
844 <dd>
845 Removes all files generated by the build. This includes object files,
846 generated C/C++ files, libraries, and executables.
847 <p>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000848
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000849 <dt><tt>gmake distclean</tt>
850 <dd>
Misha Brukmanad38e962004-08-21 23:40:49 +0000851 Removes everything that <tt>gmake clean</tt> does, but also removes files
852 generated by <tt>configure</tt>. It attempts to return the source tree to the
853 original state in which it was shipped.
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000854 <p>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000855
Misha Brukmane51c3562004-08-23 20:25:33 +0000856 <dt><tt>gmake install</tt>
857 <dd>
858 Installs LLVM libraries and tools in a heirarchy under $PREFIX, specified with
859 <tt>./configure --prefix=[dir]</tt>, defaults to <tt>/usr/local</tt>.
860 <p>
861
Reid Spencer7863c402004-11-11 07:30:27 +0000862 <dt><tt>gmake -C runtime install</tt>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000863 <dd>
Reid Spencer7863c402004-11-11 07:30:27 +0000864 Assuming you built LLVM into $OBJDIR, when this command is run, it will
865 install bytecode libraries into the GCC front end's bytecode library
866 directory. If you need to update your bytecode libraries,
Misha Brukmanad38e962004-08-21 23:40:49 +0000867 this is the target to use once you've built them.
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000868 <p>
869</dl>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000870
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000871<p>It is also possible to override default values from <tt>configure</tt> by
872declaring variables on the command line. The following are some examples:</p>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000873
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000874<dl>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000875 <dt><tt>gmake ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=1</tt>
876 <dd>
877 Perform a Release (Optimized) build.
878 <p>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000879
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000880 <dt><tt>gmake ENABLE_PROFILING=1</tt>
881 <dd>
882 Perform a Profiling build.
883 <p>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000884
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000885 <dt><tt>gmake VERBOSE=1</tt>
886 <dd>
887 Print what <tt>gmake</tt> is doing on standard output.
888 <p>
889</dl>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000890
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000891<p>Every directory in the LLVM object tree includes a <tt>Makefile</tt> to build
892it and any subdirectories that it contains. Entering any directory inside the
893LLVM object tree and typing <tt>gmake</tt> should rebuild anything in or below
894that directory that is out of date.</p>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000895
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000896</div>
John Criswell20d2d3e2003-10-10 14:26:14 +0000897
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000898<!-- ======================================================================= -->
899<div class="doc_subsection">
900 <a name="objfiles">The Location of LLVM Object Files</a>
901</div>
John Criswell20d2d3e2003-10-10 14:26:14 +0000902
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000903<div class="doc_text">
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000904
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000905<p>The LLVM build system is capable of sharing a single LLVM source tree among
906several LLVM builds. Hence, it is possible to build LLVM for several different
907platforms or configurations using the same source tree.</p>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000908
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000909<p>This is accomplished in the typical autoconf manner:</p>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000910
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000911<ul>
912 <li><p>Change directory to where the LLVM object files should live:</p>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000913
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000914 <p><tt>cd <i>OBJ_ROOT</i></tt></p></li>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000915
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000916 <li><p>Run the <tt>configure</tt> script found in the LLVM source
917 directory:</p>
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +0000918
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000919 <p><tt><i>SRC_ROOT</i>/configure</tt></p></li>
920</ul>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000921
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000922<p>The LLVM build will place files underneath <i>OBJ_ROOT</i> in directories
923named after the build type:</p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000924
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000925<dl>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000926 <dt>Debug Builds
927 <dd>
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000928 <dl>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000929 <dt>Tools
930 <dd><tt><i>OBJ_ROOT</i>/tools/Debug</tt>
931 <dt>Libraries
932 <dd><tt><i>OBJ_ROOT</i>/lib/Debug</tt>
933 </dl>
934 <p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000935
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000936 <dt>Release Builds
937 <dd>
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000938 <dl>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000939 <dt>Tools
940 <dd><tt><i>OBJ_ROOT</i>/tools/Release</tt>
941 <dt>Libraries
942 <dd><tt><i>OBJ_ROOT</i>/lib/Release</tt>
943 </dl>
944 <p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000945
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000946 <dt>Profile Builds
947 <dd>
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +0000948 <dl>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000949 <dt>Tools
950 <dd><tt><i>OBJ_ROOT</i>/tools/Profile</tt>
951 <dt>Libraries
952 <dd><tt><i>OBJ_ROOT</i>/lib/Profile</tt>
953 </dl>
954</dl>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000955
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000956</div>
Chris Lattner7fe7f812002-07-24 19:51:14 +0000957
Chris Lattnera553f622004-03-25 20:38:40 +0000958<!-- ======================================================================= -->
959<div class="doc_subsection">
960 <a name="optionalconfig">Optional Configuration Items</a>
961</div>
962
963<div class="doc_text">
964
965<p>
966If you're running on a linux system that supports the "<a
967href="http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~rguenth/linux/binfmt_misc.html">binfmt_misc</a>"
968module, and you have root access on the system, you can set your system up to
969execute LLVM bytecode files directly. To do this, use commands like this (the
970first command may not be required if you are already using the module):</p>
971
972<pre>
973 $ mount -t binfmt_misc none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
974 $ echo ':llvm:M::llvm::/path/to/lli:' > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
975 $ chmod u+x hello.bc (if needed)
976 $ ./hello.bc
977</pre>
978
979<p>
980This allows you to execute LLVM bytecode files directly. Thanks to Jack
981Cummings for pointing this out!
982</p>
983
984</div>
985
986
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000987<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
988<div class="doc_section">
989 <a name="layout"><b>Program Layout</b></a>
990</div>
991<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000992
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000993<div class="doc_text">
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000994
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000995<p>One useful source of information about the LLVM source base is the LLVM <a
John Criswell364cec42004-03-12 20:31:37 +0000996href="http://www.doxygen.org">doxygen</a> documentation available at <tt><a
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +0000997href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/doxygen/">http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/doxygen/</a></tt>.
998The following is a brief introduction to code layout:</p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +0000999
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001000</div>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001001
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001002<!-- ======================================================================= -->
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001003<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="cvsdir"><tt>CVS</tt> directories</a></div>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001004
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001005<div class="doc_text">
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001006
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001007<p>Every directory checked out of CVS will contain a <tt>CVS</tt> directory; for
1008the most part these can just be ignored.</p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001009
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001010</div>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001011
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001012<!-- ======================================================================= -->
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001013<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="include"><tt>llvm/include</tt></a></div>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001014
1015<div class="doc_text">
1016
1017<p>This directory contains public header files exported from the LLVM
1018library. The three main subdirectories of this directory are:</p>
1019
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001020<dl>
1021 <dt><tt><b>llvm/include/llvm</b></tt></dt>
1022 <dd>This directory contains all of the LLVM specific header files. This
1023 directory also has subdirectories for different portions of LLVM:
1024 <tt>Analysis</tt>, <tt>CodeGen</tt>, <tt>Target</tt>, <tt>Transforms</tt>,
1025 etc...</dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001026
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001027 <dt><tt><b>llvm/include/llvm/Support</b></tt></dt>
1028 <dd>This directory contains generic support libraries that are provided with
1029 LLVM but not necessarily specific to LLVM. For example, some C++ STL utilities
1030 and a Command Line option processing library store their header files here.
1031 </dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001032
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001033 <dt><tt><b>llvm/include/llvm/Config</b></tt></dt>
1034 <dd>This directory contains header files configured by the <tt>configure</tt>
1035 script. They wrap "standard" UNIX and C header files. Source code can
1036 include these header files which automatically take care of the conditional
1037 #includes that the <tt>configure</tt> script generates.</dd>
1038</dl>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001039</div>
1040
1041<!-- ======================================================================= -->
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001042<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="lib"><tt>llvm/lib</tt></a></div>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001043
1044<div class="doc_text">
1045
1046<p>This directory contains most of the source files of the LLVM system. In LLVM,
1047almost all code exists in libraries, making it very easy to share code among the
1048different <a href="#tools">tools</a>.</p>
1049
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +00001050<dl>
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001051 <dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/VMCore/</b></tt></dt>
1052 <dd> This directory holds the core LLVM source files that implement core
1053 classes like Instruction and BasicBlock.</dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001054
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001055 <dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/AsmParser/</b></tt></dt>
1056 <dd>This directory holds the source code for the LLVM assembly language parser
1057 library.</dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001058
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001059 <dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/ByteCode/</b></tt></dt>
1060 <dd>This directory holds code for reading and write LLVM bytecode.</dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001061
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001062 <dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/Analysis/</b></tt><dd>This directory contains a variety of
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001063 different program analyses, such as Dominator Information, Call Graphs,
1064 Induction Variables, Interval Identification, Natural Loop Identification,
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001065 etc.</dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001066
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001067 <dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/Transforms/</b></tt></dt>
1068 <dd> This directory contains the source code for the LLVM to LLVM program
1069 transformations, such as Aggressive Dead Code Elimination, Sparse Conditional
1070 Constant Propagation, Inlining, Loop Invariant Code Motion, Dead Global
1071 Elimination, and many others.</dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001072
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001073 <dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/Target/</b></tt></dt>
1074 <dd> This directory contains files that describe various target architectures
1075 for code generation. For example, the <tt>llvm/lib/Target/SparcV9</tt>
1076 directory holds the Sparc machine description while
1077 <tt>llvm/lib/Target/CBackend</tt> implements the LLVM-to-C converter</dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001078
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001079 <dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/CodeGen/</b></tt></dt>
1080 <dd> This directory contains the major parts of the code generator: Instruction
1081 Selector, Instruction Scheduling, and Register Allocation.</dd>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001082
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001083 <dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/Debugger/</b></tt></dt>
1084 <dd> This directory contains the source level debugger library that makes
1085 it possible to instrument LLVM programs so that a debugger could identify
1086 source code locations at which the program is executing.</dd>
1087
1088 <dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/ExecutionEngine/</b></tt></dt>
1089 <dd> This directory contains libraries for executing LLVM bytecode directly
1090 at runtime in both interpreted and JIT compiled fashions.</dd>
1091
1092 <dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/Support/</b></tt></dt>
1093 <dd> This directory contains the source code that corresponds to the header
1094 files located in <tt>llvm/include/Support/</tt>.</dd>
1095
1096 <dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/System/</b></tt></dt>
1097 <dd>This directory contains the operating system abstraction layer that
1098 shields LLVM from platform-specific coding.</dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001099</dl>
John Criswell7a73b802003-06-30 21:59:07 +00001100
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001101</div>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001102
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001103<!-- ======================================================================= -->
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001104<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="runtime"><tt>llvm/runtime</tt></a></div>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001105<div class="doc_text">
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001106
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001107<p>This directory contains libraries which are compiled into LLVM bytecode and
1108used when linking programs with the GCC front end. Most of these libraries are
1109skeleton versions of real libraries; for example, libc is a stripped down
1110version of glibc.</p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001111
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001112<p>Unlike the rest of the LLVM suite, this directory needs the LLVM GCC front
1113end to compile.</p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001114
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001115</div>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001116
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001117<!-- ======================================================================= -->
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001118<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="test"><tt>llvm/test</tt></a></div>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001119<div class="doc_text">
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001120 <p>This directory contains feature and regression tests and other basic sanity
1121 checks on the LLVM infrastructure. These are intended to run quickly and cover
1122 a lot of territory without being exhaustive.</p>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001123</div>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001124
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001125<!-- ======================================================================= -->
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001126<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="llvmtest"><tt>llvm-test</tt></a></div>
1127<div class="doc_text">
1128 <p>This is not a directory in the normal llvm module, it is a separate CVS
1129 module that must be checked out (usually to <tt>test/projects</tt>). This
1130 module contains a comprehensive correctness, performance and benchmarking test
1131 suite for LLVM. It is a separate CVS module because not every LLVM user is
1132 interested in downloading or building such a comprehensive test. For further
1133 details on this test suite, please see the
1134 <a href="TestingGuide.html">Testing Guide</a> document.</p>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001135</div>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001136
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001137<!-- ======================================================================= -->
1138<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="tools"><tt>llvm/tools</tt></a></div>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001139<div class="doc_text">
John Criswell20d2d3e2003-10-10 14:26:14 +00001140
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001141<p>The <b>tools</b> directory contains the executables built out of the
1142libraries above, which form the main part of the user interface. You can
1143always get help for a tool by typing <tt>tool_name --help</tt>. The
John Criswell364cec42004-03-12 20:31:37 +00001144following is a brief introduction to the most important tools:</p>
John Criswell20d2d3e2003-10-10 14:26:14 +00001145
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +00001146<dl>
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001147 <dt><tt><b>analyze</b></tt></dt>
1148 <dd><tt>analyze</tt> is used to run a specific
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001149 analysis on an input LLVM bytecode file and print out the results. It is
1150 primarily useful for debugging analyses, or familiarizing yourself with
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001151 what an analysis does.</dd>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001152
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001153 <dt><tt><b>bugpoint</b></tt></dt>
1154 <dd><tt>bugpoint</tt> is used to debug
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001155 optimization passes or code generation backends by narrowing down the
1156 given test case to the minimum number of passes and/or instructions that
1157 still cause a problem, whether it is a crash or miscompilation. See <a
1158 href="HowToSubmitABug.html">HowToSubmitABug.html</a> for more information
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001159 on using <tt>bugpoint</tt>.</dd>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001160
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001161 <dt><tt><b>llvmc</b></tt></dt>
1162 <dd>The LLVM Compiler Driver. This program can
1163 be configured to utilize both LLVM and non-LLVM compilation tools to enable
1164 pre-processing, translation, optimization, assembly, and linking of programs
1165 all from one command line. <tt>llvmc</tt> also takes care of processing the
1166 dependent libraries found in bytecode. This reduces the need to get the
1167 traditional <tt>-l&lt;name&gt;</tt> options right on the command line.</dd>
1168
1169 <dt><tt><b>llvm-ar</b></tt></dt>
1170 <dd>The archiver produces an archive containing
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001171 the given LLVM bytecode files, optionally with an index for faster
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001172 lookup.</dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001173
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001174 <dt><tt><b>llvm-as</b></tt></dt>
1175 <dd>The assembler transforms the human readable LLVM assembly to LLVM
1176 bytecode.</dd>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001177
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001178 <dt><tt><b>llvm-dis</b></tt></dt>
1179 <dd>The disassembler transforms the LLVM bytecode to human readable
1180 LLVM assembly.</dd>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001181
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001182 <dt><tt><b>llvm-link</b></tt></dt>
1183 <dd><tt>llvm-link</tt>, not surprisingly, links multiple LLVM modules into
1184 a single program.</dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001185
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001186 <dt><tt><b>lli</b></tt></dt>
1187 <dd><tt>lli</tt> is the LLVM interpreter, which
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001188 can directly execute LLVM bytecode (although very slowly...). In addition
1189 to a simple interpreter, <tt>lli</tt> also has a tracing mode (entered by
1190 specifying <tt>-trace</tt> on the command line). Finally, for
1191 architectures that support it (currently only x86 and Sparc), by default,
1192 <tt>lli</tt> will function as a Just-In-Time compiler (if the
1193 functionality was compiled in), and will execute the code <i>much</i>
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001194 faster than the interpreter.</dd>
Misha Brukmanef0ad412003-10-06 19:23:34 +00001195
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001196 <dt><tt><b>llc</b></tt></dt>
1197 <dd> <tt>llc</tt> is the LLVM backend compiler, which
Chris Lattner036e6392004-02-14 01:07:17 +00001198 translates LLVM bytecode to a SPARC or x86 assembly file, or to C code (with
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001199 the -march=c option).</dd>
Misha Brukmanef0ad412003-10-06 19:23:34 +00001200
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001201 <dt><tt><b>llvmgcc</b></tt></dt>
1202 <dd><tt>llvmgcc</tt> is a GCC-based C frontend
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001203 that has been retargeted to emit LLVM code as the machine code output. It
1204 works just like any other GCC compiler, taking the typical <tt>-c, -S, -E,
1205 -o</tt> options that are typically used. The source code for the
1206 <tt>llvmgcc</tt> tool is currently not included in the LLVM CVS tree
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001207 because it is quite large and not very interesting.
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +00001208 <blockquote>
1209 <dl>
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001210 <dt><tt><b>gccas</b></tt></dt>
1211 <dd>This tool is invoked by the <tt>llvmgcc</tt> frontend as the
1212 "assembler" part of the compiler. This tool actually assembles LLVM
1213 assembly to LLVM bytecode, performs a variety of optimizations, and
1214 outputs LLVM bytecode. Thus when you invoke
1215 <tt>llvmgcc -c x.c -o x.o</tt>, you are causing <tt>gccas</tt> to be
1216 run, which writes the <tt>x.o</tt> file (which is an LLVM bytecode file
1217 that can be disassembled or manipulated just like any other bytecode
1218 file). The command line interface to <tt>gccas</tt> is designed to be
1219 as close as possible to the <b>system</b> `<tt>as</tt>' utility so that
1220 the gcc frontend itself did not have to be modified to interface to
1221 a "weird" assembler.</dd>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001222
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001223 <dt><tt><b>gccld</b></tt></dt>
1224 <dd><tt>gccld</tt> links together several LLVM bytecode files into one
1225 bytecode file and does some optimization. It is the linker invoked by
1226 the GCC frontend when multiple .o files need to be linked together.
1227 Like <tt>gccas</tt>, the command line interface of <tt>gccld</tt> is
1228 designed to match the system linker, to aid interfacing with the GCC
1229 frontend.</dd>
1230 </dl>
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +00001231 </blockquote>
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001232 </dd>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001233
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001234 <dt><tt><b>opt</b></tt></dt>
1235 <dd><tt>opt</tt> reads LLVM bytecode, applies a
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001236 series of LLVM to LLVM transformations (which are specified on the command
1237 line), and then outputs the resultant bytecode. The '<tt>opt --help</tt>'
1238 command is a good way to get a list of the program transformations
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001239 available in LLVM.</dd>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001240</dl>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001241</div>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001242
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001243<!-- ======================================================================= -->
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001244<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="utils"><tt>llvm/utils</tt></a></div>
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001245<div class="doc_text">
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001246
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001247<p>This directory contains utilities for working with LLVM source code, and some
1248of the utilities are actually required as part of the build process because they
1249are code generators for parts of LLVM infrastructure.</p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001250
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +00001251<dl>
1252 <dt><tt><b>Burg/</b></tt> <dd><tt>Burg</tt> is an instruction selector
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001253 generator -- it builds trees on which it then performs pattern-matching to
1254 select instructions according to the patterns the user has specified. Burg
1255 is currently used in the Sparc V9 backend.<p>
John Criswell0b459202003-07-08 20:35:59 +00001256
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +00001257 <dt><tt><b>codegen-diff</b></tt> <dd><tt>codegen-diff</tt> is a script
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001258 that finds differences between code that LLC generates and code that LLI
1259 generates. This is a useful tool if you are debugging one of them,
1260 assuming that the other generates correct output. For the full user
1261 manual, run <tt>`perldoc codegen-diff'</tt>.<p>
Misha Brukmanc103adf2003-08-11 18:45:46 +00001262
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +00001263 <dt><tt><b>cvsupdate</b></tt> <dd><tt>cvsupdate</tt> is a script that will
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001264 update your CVS tree, but produce a much cleaner and more organized output
1265 than simply running <tt>`cvs -z3 up -dP'</tt> will. For example, it will group
1266 together all the new and updated files and modified files in separate
1267 sections, so you can see at a glance what has changed. If you are at the
1268 top of your LLVM CVS tree, running <tt>utils/cvsupdate</tt> is the
1269 preferred way of updating the tree.<p>
Misha Brukmanc103adf2003-08-11 18:45:46 +00001270
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +00001271 <dt><tt><b>emacs/</b></tt> <dd>The <tt>emacs</tt> directory contains
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001272 syntax-highlighting files which will work with Emacs and XEmacs editors,
1273 providing syntax highlighting support for LLVM assembly files and TableGen
1274 description files. For information on how to use the syntax files, consult
1275 the <tt>README</tt> file in that directory.<p>
Misha Brukmanc103adf2003-08-11 18:45:46 +00001276
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +00001277 <dt><tt><b>getsrcs.sh</b></tt> <dd>The <tt>getsrcs.sh</tt> script finds
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001278 and outputs all non-generated source files, which is useful if one wishes
1279 to do a lot of development across directories and does not want to
1280 individually find each file. One way to use it is to run, for example:
1281 <tt>xemacs `utils/getsources.sh`</tt> from the top of your LLVM source
1282 tree.<p>
1283
Reid Spencer77d90192004-09-05 20:50:22 +00001284 <dt><tt><b>llvmgrep</b></tt></dt>
1285 <dd>This little tool performs an "egrep -H -n" on each source file in LLVM and
1286 passes to it a regular expression provided on <tt>llvmgrep</tt>'s command
1287 line. This is a very efficient way of searching the source base for a
1288 particular regular expression.</dd>
1289
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +00001290 <dt><tt><b>makellvm</b></tt> <dd>The <tt>makellvm</tt> script compiles all
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001291 files in the current directory and then compiles and links the tool that
1292 is the first argument. For example, assuming you are in the directory
1293 <tt>llvm/lib/Target/Sparc</tt>, if <tt>makellvm</tt> is in your path,
1294 simply running <tt>makellvm llc</tt> will make a build of the current
1295 directory, switch to directory <tt>llvm/tools/llc</tt> and build it,
1296 causing a re-linking of LLC.<p>
Misha Brukmanc103adf2003-08-11 18:45:46 +00001297
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001298 <dt><tt><b>NightlyTest.pl</b></tt> and
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +00001299 <tt><b>NightlyTestTemplate.html</b></tt> <dd>These files are used in a
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001300 cron script to generate nightly status reports of the functionality of
1301 tools, and the results can be seen by following the appropriate link on
1302 the <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/">LLVM homepage</a>.<p>
Misha Brukmanc103adf2003-08-11 18:45:46 +00001303
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +00001304 <dt><tt><b>TableGen/</b></tt> <dd>The <tt>TableGen</tt> directory contains
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001305 the tool used to generate register descriptions, instruction set
1306 descriptions, and even assemblers from common TableGen description
1307 files.<p>
Misha Brukmanc103adf2003-08-11 18:45:46 +00001308
Misha Brukman54111c42004-01-20 00:20:17 +00001309 <dt><tt><b>vim/</b></tt> <dd>The <tt>vim</tt> directory contains
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001310 syntax-highlighting files which will work with the VIM editor, providing
1311 syntax highlighting support for LLVM assembly files and TableGen
1312 description files. For information on how to use the syntax files, consult
1313 the <tt>README</tt> file in that directory.<p>
Misha Brukmanc103adf2003-08-11 18:45:46 +00001314
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001315</dl>
Misha Brukmanc103adf2003-08-11 18:45:46 +00001316
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001317</div>
Misha Brukmanc103adf2003-08-11 18:45:46 +00001318
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001319<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
1320<div class="doc_section">
1321 <a name="tutorial">An Example Using the LLVM Tool Chain</a>
1322</div>
1323<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
Misha Brukmanc103adf2003-08-11 18:45:46 +00001324
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001325<div class="doc_text">
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001326
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001327<ol>
1328 <li>First, create a simple C file, name it 'hello.c':
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001329 <pre>
1330 #include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
1331 int main() {
1332 printf("hello world\n");
1333 return 0;
1334 }
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001335 </pre></li>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001336
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001337 <li><p>Next, compile the C file into a LLVM bytecode file:</p>
1338 <p><tt>% llvmgcc hello.c -o hello</tt></p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001339
Misha Brukmanf089cdf2004-06-22 18:48:58 +00001340 <p>Note that you should have already built the tools and they have to be
1341 in your path, at least <tt>gccas</tt> and <tt>gccld</tt>.</p>
1342
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001343 <p>This will create two result files: <tt>hello</tt> and
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001344 <tt>hello.bc</tt>. The <tt>hello.bc</tt> is the LLVM bytecode that
1345 corresponds the the compiled program and the library facilities that it
1346 required. <tt>hello</tt> is a simple shell script that runs the bytecode
Chris Lattnera19a3db2004-05-01 11:40:07 +00001347 file with <tt>lli</tt>, making the result directly executable. Note that
1348 all LLVM optimizations are enabled by default, so there is no need for a
1349 "-O3" switch.</p></li>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001350
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001351 <li><p>Run the program. To make sure the program ran, execute one of the
1352 following commands:</p>
John Criswell8df90e02003-06-11 20:46:40 +00001353
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001354 <p><tt>% ./hello</tt></p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001355
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001356 <p>or</p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001357
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001358 <p><tt>% lli hello.bc</tt></p></li>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001359
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001360 <li><p>Use the <tt>llvm-dis</tt> utility to take a look at the LLVM assembly
1361 code:</p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001362
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001363 <p><tt>% llvm-dis &lt; hello.bc | less</tt><p></li>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001364
Chris Lattnerb3bbcba2004-06-02 20:37:02 +00001365 <li><p>Compile the program to native assembly using the LLC code
1366 generator:</p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001367
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001368 <p><tt>% llc hello.bc -o hello.s</tt></p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001369
Chris Lattnerb3bbcba2004-06-02 20:37:02 +00001370 <li><p>Assemble the native assembly language file into a program:</p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001371
Chris Lattnerb3bbcba2004-06-02 20:37:02 +00001372 <p><b>Solaris:</b><tt>% /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -xarch=v9 hello.s -o hello.native</tt></p>
1373 <p><b>Others:</b><tt>% gcc hello.s -o hello.native</tt></p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001374
Chris Lattnerb3bbcba2004-06-02 20:37:02 +00001375 <li><p>Execute the native code program:</p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001376
Chris Lattnerb3bbcba2004-06-02 20:37:02 +00001377 <p><tt>% ./hello.native</tt></p></li>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001378
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001379</ol>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001380
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001381</div>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001382
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001383<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
1384<div class="doc_section">
1385 <a name="problems">Common Problems</a>
1386</div>
1387<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +00001388
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001389<div class="doc_text">
John Criswellce760f62003-07-03 16:01:38 +00001390
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001391<p>If you are having problems building or using LLVM, or if you have any other
1392general questions about LLVM, please consult the <a href="FAQ.html">Frequently
1393Asked Questions</a> page.</p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001394
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001395</div>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001396
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001397<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
1398<div class="doc_section">
1399 <a name="links">Links</a>
1400</div>
1401<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001402
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001403<div class="doc_text">
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001404
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001405<p>This document is just an <b>introduction</b> to how to use LLVM to do
1406some simple things... there are many more interesting and complicated things
1407that you can do that aren't documented here (but we'll gladly accept a patch
1408if you want to write something up!). For more information about LLVM, check
1409out:</p>
John Criswell85ed3612003-06-12 19:34:44 +00001410
Misha Brukman00c73d22003-11-07 19:43:14 +00001411<ul>
1412 <li><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/">LLVM homepage</a></li>
1413 <li><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/doxygen/">LLVM doxygen tree</a></li>
1414 <li><a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/docs/Projects.html">Starting a Project
1415 that Uses LLVM</a></li>
1416</ul>
1417
1418</div>
1419
1420<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
1421
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