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  56. <h1 class="settitle" align="center">Installing GCC</h1>
  57. <a name="index-Specific"></a>
  58. <a name="index-Specific-installation-notes"></a>
  59. <a name="index-Target-specific-installation"></a>
  60. <a name="index-Host-specific-installation"></a>
  61. <a name="index-Target-specific-installation-notes"></a>
  62. <p>Please read this document carefully <em>before</em> installing the
  63. GNU Compiler Collection on your machine.
  64. </p>
  65. <p>Note that this list of install notes is <em>not</em> a list of supported
  66. hosts or targets. Not all supported hosts and targets are listed
  67. here, only the ones that require host-specific or target-specific
  68. information have to.
  69. </p>
  70. <ul>
  71. <li> <a href="#aarch64-x-x">aarch64*-*-*</a>
  72. </li><li> <a href="#alpha-x-x">alpha*-*-*</a>
  73. </li><li> <a href="#alpha-dec-osf51">alpha*-dec-osf5.1</a>
  74. </li><li> <a href="#amd64-x-solaris210">amd64-*-solaris2.10</a>
  75. </li><li> <a href="#arm-x-eabi">arm-*-eabi</a>
  76. </li><li> <a href="#avr">avr</a>
  77. </li><li> <a href="#bfin">Blackfin</a>
  78. </li><li> <a href="#dos">DOS</a>
  79. </li><li> <a href="#x-x-freebsd">*-*-freebsd*</a>
  80. </li><li> <a href="#h8300-hms">h8300-hms</a>
  81. </li><li> <a href="#hppa-hp-hpux">hppa*-hp-hpux*</a>
  82. </li><li> <a href="#hppa-hp-hpux10">hppa*-hp-hpux10</a>
  83. </li><li> <a href="#hppa-hp-hpux11">hppa*-hp-hpux11</a>
  84. </li><li> <a href="#x-x-linux-gnu">*-*-linux-gnu</a>
  85. </li><li> <a href="#ix86-x-linux">i?86-*-linux*</a>
  86. </li><li> <a href="#ix86-x-solaris210">i?86-*-solaris2.10</a>
  87. </li><li> <a href="#ia64-x-linux">ia64-*-linux</a>
  88. </li><li> <a href="#ia64-x-hpux">ia64-*-hpux*</a>
  89. </li><li> <a href="#x-ibm-aix">*-ibm-aix*</a>
  90. </li><li> <a href="#iq2000-x-elf">iq2000-*-elf</a>
  91. </li><li> <a href="#lm32-x-elf">lm32-*-elf</a>
  92. </li><li> <a href="#lm32-x-uclinux">lm32-*-uclinux</a>
  93. </li><li> <a href="#m32c-x-elf">m32c-*-elf</a>
  94. </li><li> <a href="#m32r-x-elf">m32r-*-elf</a>
  95. </li><li> <a href="#m68k-x-x">m68k-*-*</a>
  96. </li><li> <a href="#m68k-uclinux">m68k-uclinux</a>
  97. </li><li> <a href="#microblaze-x-elf">microblaze-*-elf</a>
  98. </li><li> <a href="#mips-x-x">mips-*-*</a>
  99. </li><li> <a href="#mips-sgi-irix5">mips-sgi-irix5</a>
  100. </li><li> <a href="#mips-sgi-irix6">mips-sgi-irix6</a>
  101. </li><li> <a href="#nds32le-x-elf">nds32le-*-elf</a>
  102. </li><li> <a href="#nds32be-x-elf">nds32be-*-elf</a>
  103. </li><li> <a href="#nvptx-x-none">nvptx-*-none</a>
  104. </li><li> <a href="#powerpc-x-x">powerpc*-*-*</a>
  105. </li><li> <a href="#powerpc-x-darwin">powerpc-*-darwin*</a>
  106. </li><li> <a href="#powerpc-x-elf">powerpc-*-elf</a>
  107. </li><li> <a href="#powerpc-x-linux-gnu">powerpc*-*-linux-gnu*</a>
  108. </li><li> <a href="#powerpc-x-netbsd">powerpc-*-netbsd*</a>
  109. </li><li> <a href="#powerpc-x-eabisim">powerpc-*-eabisim</a>
  110. </li><li> <a href="#powerpc-x-eabi">powerpc-*-eabi</a>
  111. </li><li> <a href="#powerpcle-x-elf">powerpcle-*-elf</a>
  112. </li><li> <a href="#powerpcle-x-eabisim">powerpcle-*-eabisim</a>
  113. </li><li> <a href="#powerpcle-x-eabi">powerpcle-*-eabi</a>
  114. </li><li> <a href="#riscv32-x-elf">riscv32-*-elf</a>
  115. </li><li> <a href="#riscv32-x-linux">riscv32-*-linux</a>
  116. </li><li> <a href="#riscv64-x-elf">riscv64-*-elf</a>
  117. </li><li> <a href="#riscv64-x-linux">riscv64-*-linux</a>
  118. </li><li> <a href="#s390-x-linux">s390-*-linux*</a>
  119. </li><li> <a href="#s390x-x-linux">s390x-*-linux*</a>
  120. </li><li> <a href="#s390x-ibm-tpf">s390x-ibm-tpf*</a>
  121. </li><li> <a href="#x-x-solaris2">*-*-solaris2*</a>
  122. </li><li> <a href="#sparc-x-x">sparc*-*-*</a>
  123. </li><li> <a href="#sparc-sun-solaris2">sparc-sun-solaris2*</a>
  124. </li><li> <a href="#sparc-sun-solaris210">sparc-sun-solaris2.10</a>
  125. </li><li> <a href="#sparc-x-linux">sparc-*-linux*</a>
  126. </li><li> <a href="#sparc64-x-solaris2">sparc64-*-solaris2*</a>
  127. </li><li> <a href="#sparcv9-x-solaris2">sparcv9-*-solaris2*</a>
  128. </li><li> <a href="#c6x-x-x">c6x-*-*</a>
  129. </li><li> <a href="#tilegx-x-linux">tilegx-*-linux*</a>
  130. </li><li> <a href="#tilegxbe-x-linux">tilegxbe-*-linux*</a>
  131. </li><li> <a href="#tilepro-x-linux">tilepro-*-linux*</a>
  132. </li><li> <a href="#visium-x-elf">visium-*-elf</a>
  133. </li><li> <a href="#x-x-vxworks">*-*-vxworks*</a>
  134. </li><li> <a href="#x86-64-x-x">x86_64-*-*, amd64-*-*</a>
  135. </li><li> <a href="#x86-64-x-solaris210">x86_64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*</a>
  136. </li><li> <a href="#xtensa-x-elf">xtensa*-*-elf</a>
  137. </li><li> <a href="#xtensa-x-linux">xtensa*-*-linux*</a>
  138. </li><li> <a href="#windows">Microsoft Windows</a>
  139. </li><li> <a href="#x-x-cygwin">*-*-cygwin</a>
  140. </li><li> <a href="#x-x-mingw32">*-*-mingw32</a>
  141. </li><li> <a href="#os2">OS/2</a>
  142. </li><li> <a href="#older">Older systems</a>
  143. </li></ul>
  144. <ul>
  145. <li> <a href="#elf">all ELF targets</a> (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)
  146. </li></ul>
  147. <!-- -------- host/target specific issues start here ---------------- -->
  148. <hr /><a name="aarch64-x-x"></a><a name="aarch64*-*-*"></a>
  149. <h3 class="heading">aarch64*-*-*</h3>
  150. <p>Binutils pre 2.24 does not have support for selecting <samp>-mabi</samp> and
  151. does not support ILP32. If it is used to build GCC 4.9 or later, GCC will
  152. not support option <samp>-mabi=ilp32</samp>.
  153. </p>
  154. <p>To enable a workaround for the Cortex-A53 erratum number 835769 by default
  155. (for all CPUs regardless of -mcpu option given) at configure time use the
  156. <samp>--enable-fix-cortex-a53-835769</samp> option. This will enable the fix by
  157. default and can be explicitly disabled during compilation by passing the
  158. <samp>-mno-fix-cortex-a53-835769</samp> option. Conversely,
  159. <samp>--disable-fix-cortex-a53-835769</samp> will disable the workaround by
  160. default. The workaround is disabled by default if neither of
  161. <samp>--enable-fix-cortex-a53-835769</samp> or
  162. <samp>--disable-fix-cortex-a53-835769</samp> is given at configure time.
  163. </p>
  164. <p>To enable a workaround for the Cortex-A53 erratum number 843419 by default
  165. (for all CPUs regardless of -mcpu option given) at configure time use the
  166. <samp>--enable-fix-cortex-a53-843419</samp> option. This workaround is applied at
  167. link time. Enabling the workaround will cause GCC to pass the relevant option
  168. to the linker. It can be explicitly disabled during compilation by passing the
  169. <samp>-mno-fix-cortex-a53-843419</samp> option. Conversely,
  170. <samp>--disable-fix-cortex-a53-843419</samp> will disable the workaround by default.
  171. The workaround is disabled by default if neither of
  172. <samp>--enable-fix-cortex-a53-843419</samp> or
  173. <samp>--disable-fix-cortex-a53-843419</samp> is given at configure time.
  174. </p>
  175. <hr /><a name="alpha-x-x"></a><a name="alpha*-*-*"></a>
  176. <h3 class="heading">alpha*-*-*</h3>
  177. <p>This section contains general configuration information for all
  178. alpha-based platforms using ELF (in particular, ignore this section for
  179. DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX and Tru64 UNIX). In addition to reading this
  180. section, please read all other sections that match your target.
  181. </p>
  182. <p>We require binutils 2.11.2 or newer.
  183. Previous binutils releases had a number of problems with DWARF 2
  184. debugging information, not the least of which is incorrect linking of
  185. shared libraries.
  186. </p>
  187. <hr /><a name="alpha-dec-osf51"></a><a name="alpha*-dec-osf5_002e1"></a>
  188. <h3 class="heading">alpha*-dec-osf5.1</h3>
  189. <p>Systems using processors that implement the DEC Alpha architecture and
  190. are running the DEC/Compaq/HP Unix (DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX, or Compaq/HP
  191. Tru64 UNIX) operating system, for example the DEC Alpha AXP systems.
  192. </p>
  193. <p>Support for Tru64 UNIX V5.1 has been removed in GCC 4.8. As of GCC 4.6,
  194. support for Tru64 UNIX V4.0 and V5.0 has been removed. As of GCC 3.2,
  195. versions before <code>alpha*-dec-osf4</code> are no longer supported. (These
  196. are the versions which identify themselves as DEC OSF/1.)
  197. </p>
  198. <hr /><a name="amd64-x-solaris210"></a><a name="amd64-*-solaris2_002e1_005b0-9_005d*"></a>
  199. <h3 class="heading">amd64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*</h3>
  200. <p>This is a synonym for &lsquo;<samp>x86_64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*</samp>&rsquo;.
  201. </p>
  202. <hr /><a name="arc-x-elf32"></a><a name="arc-*-elf32"></a>
  203. <h3 class="heading">arc-*-elf32</h3>
  204. <p>Use &lsquo;<samp>configure --target=arc-elf32 --with-cpu=<var>cpu</var> --enable-languages=&quot;c,c++&quot;</samp>&rsquo;
  205. to configure GCC, with <var>cpu</var> being one of &lsquo;<samp>arc600</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>arc601</samp>&rsquo;,
  206. or &lsquo;<samp>arc700</samp>&rsquo;.
  207. </p>
  208. <hr /><a name="arc-linux-uclibc"></a><a name="arc-linux-uclibc-1"></a>
  209. <h3 class="heading">arc-linux-uclibc</h3>
  210. <p>Use &lsquo;<samp>configure --target=arc-linux-uclibc --with-cpu=arc700 --enable-languages=&quot;c,c++&quot;</samp>&rsquo; to configure GCC.
  211. </p>
  212. <hr /><a name="arm-x-eabi"></a><a name="arm-*-eabi"></a>
  213. <h3 class="heading">arm-*-eabi</h3>
  214. <p>ARM-family processors.
  215. </p>
  216. <p>Building the Ada frontend commonly fails (an infinite loop executing
  217. <code>xsinfo</code>) if the host compiler is GNAT 4.8. Host compilers built from the
  218. GNAT 4.6, 4.9 or 5 release branches are known to succeed.
  219. </p>
  220. <hr /><a name="avr"></a><a name="avr-1"></a>
  221. <h3 class="heading">avr</h3>
  222. <p>ATMEL AVR-family micro controllers. These are used in embedded
  223. applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
  224. See &ldquo;AVR Options&rdquo; in the main manual
  225. for the list of supported MCU types.
  226. </p>
  227. <p>Use &lsquo;<samp>configure --target=avr --enable-languages=&quot;c&quot;</samp>&rsquo; to configure GCC.
  228. </p>
  229. <p>Further installation notes and other useful information about AVR tools
  230. can also be obtained from:
  231. </p>
  232. <ul>
  233. <li> <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/avr/">http://www.nongnu.org/avr/</a>
  234. </li><li> <a href="http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/">http://www.amelek.gda.pl/avr/</a>
  235. </li></ul>
  236. <p>The following error:
  237. </p><div class="smallexample">
  238. <pre class="smallexample">Error: register required
  239. </pre></div>
  240. <p>indicates that you should upgrade to a newer version of the binutils.
  241. </p>
  242. <hr /><a name="bfin"></a><a name="Blackfin"></a>
  243. <h3 class="heading">Blackfin</h3>
  244. <p>The Blackfin processor, an Analog Devices DSP.
  245. See &ldquo;Blackfin Options&rdquo; in the main manual
  246. </p>
  247. <p>More information, and a version of binutils with support for this processor,
  248. is available at <a href="https://blackfin.uclinux.org">https://blackfin.uclinux.org</a>
  249. </p>
  250. <hr /><a name="cr16"></a><a name="CR16"></a>
  251. <h3 class="heading">CR16</h3>
  252. <p>The CR16 CompactRISC architecture is a 16-bit architecture. This
  253. architecture is used in embedded applications.
  254. </p>
  255. <p>See &ldquo;CR16 Options&rdquo; in the main manual for a list of CR16-specific options.
  256. </p>
  257. <p>Use &lsquo;<samp>configure --target=cr16-elf --enable-languages=c,c++</samp>&rsquo; to configure
  258. GCC&nbsp;for building a CR16 elf cross-compiler.
  259. </p>
  260. <p>Use &lsquo;<samp>configure --target=cr16-uclinux --enable-languages=c,c++</samp>&rsquo; to
  261. configure GCC&nbsp;for building a CR16 uclinux cross-compiler.
  262. </p>
  263. <hr /><a name="cris"></a><a name="CRIS"></a>
  264. <h3 class="heading">CRIS</h3>
  265. <p>CRIS is the CPU architecture in Axis Communications ETRAX system-on-a-chip
  266. series. These are used in embedded applications.
  267. </p>
  268. <p>See &ldquo;CRIS Options&rdquo; in the main manual
  269. for a list of CRIS-specific options.
  270. </p>
  271. <p>There are a few different CRIS targets:
  272. </p><dl compact="compact">
  273. <dt><code>cris-axis-elf</code></dt>
  274. <dd><p>Mainly for monolithic embedded systems. Includes a multilib for the
  275. &lsquo;<samp>v10</samp>&rsquo; core used in &lsquo;<samp>ETRAX 100 LX</samp>&rsquo;.
  276. </p></dd>
  277. <dt><code>cris-axis-linux-gnu</code></dt>
  278. <dd><p>A GNU/Linux port for the CRIS architecture, currently targeting
  279. &lsquo;<samp>ETRAX 100 LX</samp>&rsquo; by default.
  280. </p></dd>
  281. </dl>
  282. <p>Pre-packaged tools can be obtained from
  283. <a href="ftp://ftp.axis.com/pub/axis/tools/cris/compiler-kit/">ftp://ftp.axis.com/pub/axis/tools/cris/compiler-kit/</a>. More
  284. information about this platform is available at
  285. <a href="http://developer.axis.com/">http://developer.axis.com/</a>.
  286. </p>
  287. <hr /><a name="dos"></a><a name="DOS"></a>
  288. <h3 class="heading">DOS</h3>
  289. <p>Please have a look at the <a href="binaries.html">binaries page</a>.
  290. </p>
  291. <p>You cannot install GCC by itself on MSDOS; it will not compile under
  292. any MSDOS compiler except itself. You need to get the complete
  293. compilation package DJGPP, which includes binaries as well as sources,
  294. and includes all the necessary compilation tools and libraries.
  295. </p>
  296. <hr /><a name="epiphany-x-elf"></a><a name="epiphany-*-elf"></a>
  297. <h3 class="heading">epiphany-*-elf</h3>
  298. <p>Adapteva Epiphany.
  299. This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
  300. </p>
  301. <hr /><a name="x-x-freebsd"></a><a name="g_t*-*-freebsd*"></a>
  302. <h3 class="heading">*-*-freebsd*</h3>
  303. <p>Support for FreeBSD 1 was discontinued in GCC 3.2. Support for
  304. FreeBSD 2 (and any mutant a.out variants of FreeBSD 3) was
  305. discontinued in GCC 4.0.
  306. </p>
  307. <p>In order to better utilize FreeBSD base system functionality and match
  308. the configuration of the system compiler, GCC 4.5 and above as well as
  309. GCC 4.4 past 2010-06-20 leverage SSP support in libc (which is present
  310. on FreeBSD 7 or later) and the use of <code>__cxa_atexit</code> by default
  311. (on FreeBSD 6 or later). The use of <code>dl_iterate_phdr</code> inside
  312. <samp>libgcc_s.so.1</samp> and boehm-gc (on FreeBSD 7 or later) is enabled
  313. by GCC 4.5 and above.
  314. </p>
  315. <p>We support FreeBSD using the ELF file format with DWARF 2 debugging
  316. for all CPU architectures. You may use <samp>-gstabs</samp> instead of
  317. <samp>-g</samp>, if you really want the old debugging format. There are
  318. no known issues with mixing object files and libraries with different
  319. debugging formats. Otherwise, this release of GCC should now match
  320. more of the configuration used in the stock FreeBSD configuration of
  321. GCC. In particular, <samp>--enable-threads</samp> is now configured by
  322. default. However, as a general user, do not attempt to replace the
  323. system compiler with this release. Known to bootstrap and check with
  324. good results on FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE. In the past, known to bootstrap
  325. and check with good results on FreeBSD 3.0, 3.4, 4.0, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4,
  326. 4.5, 4.8, 4.9 and 5-CURRENT.
  327. </p>
  328. <p>The version of binutils installed in <samp>/usr/bin</samp> probably works
  329. with this release of GCC. Bootstrapping against the latest GNU
  330. binutils and/or the version found in <samp>/usr/ports/devel/binutils</samp> has
  331. been known to enable additional features and improve overall testsuite
  332. results. However, it is currently known that boehm-gc may not configure
  333. properly on FreeBSD prior to the FreeBSD 7.0 release with GNU binutils
  334. after 2.16.1.
  335. </p>
  336. <hr /><a name="ft32-x-elf"></a><a name="ft32-*-elf"></a>
  337. <h3 class="heading">ft32-*-elf</h3>
  338. <p>The FT32 processor.
  339. This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
  340. </p>
  341. <hr /><a name="h8300-hms"></a><a name="h8300-hms-1"></a>
  342. <h3 class="heading">h8300-hms</h3>
  343. <p>Renesas H8/300 series of processors.
  344. </p>
  345. <p>Please have a look at the <a href="binaries.html">binaries page</a>.
  346. </p>
  347. <p>The calling convention and structure layout has changed in release 2.6.
  348. All code must be recompiled. The calling convention now passes the
  349. first three arguments in function calls in registers. Structures are no
  350. longer a multiple of 2 bytes.
  351. </p>
  352. <hr /><a name="hppa-hp-hpux"></a><a name="hppa*-hp-hpux*"></a>
  353. <h3 class="heading">hppa*-hp-hpux*</h3>
  354. <p>Support for HP-UX version 9 and older was discontinued in GCC 3.4.
  355. </p>
  356. <p>We require using gas/binutils on all hppa platforms. Version 2.19 or
  357. later is recommended.
  358. </p>
  359. <p>It may be helpful to configure GCC with the
  360. <a href="./configure.html#with-gnu-as"><samp>--with-gnu-as</samp></a> and
  361. <samp>--with-as=&hellip;</samp> options to ensure that GCC can find GAS.
  362. </p>
  363. <p>The HP assembler should not be used with GCC. It is rarely tested and may
  364. not work. It shouldn&rsquo;t be used with any languages other than C due to its
  365. many limitations.
  366. </p>
  367. <p>Specifically, <samp>-g</samp> does not work (HP-UX uses a peculiar debugging
  368. format which GCC does not know about). It also inserts timestamps
  369. into each object file it creates, causing the 3-stage comparison test to
  370. fail during a bootstrap. You should be able to continue by saying
  371. &lsquo;<samp>make all-host all-target</samp>&rsquo; after getting the failure from &lsquo;<samp>make</samp>&rsquo;.
  372. </p>
  373. <p>Various GCC features are not supported. For example, it does not support weak
  374. symbols or alias definitions. As a result, explicit template instantiations
  375. are required when using C++. This makes it difficult if not impossible to
  376. build many C++ applications.
  377. </p>
  378. <p>There are two default scheduling models for instructions. These are
  379. PROCESSOR_7100LC and PROCESSOR_8000. They are selected from the pa-risc
  380. architecture specified for the target machine when configuring.
  381. PROCESSOR_8000 is the default. PROCESSOR_7100LC is selected when
  382. the target is a &lsquo;<samp>hppa1*</samp>&rsquo; machine.
  383. </p>
  384. <p>The PROCESSOR_8000 model is not well suited to older processors. Thus,
  385. it is important to completely specify the machine architecture when
  386. configuring if you want a model other than PROCESSOR_8000. The macro
  387. TARGET_SCHED_DEFAULT can be defined in BOOT_CFLAGS if a different
  388. default scheduling model is desired.
  389. </p>
  390. <p>As of GCC 4.0, GCC uses the UNIX 95 namespace for HP-UX 10.10
  391. through 11.00, and the UNIX 98 namespace for HP-UX 11.11 and later.
  392. This namespace change might cause problems when bootstrapping with
  393. an earlier version of GCC or the HP compiler as essentially the same
  394. namespace is required for an entire build. This problem can be avoided
  395. in a number of ways. With HP cc, <code>UNIX_STD</code> can be set to &lsquo;<samp>95</samp>&rsquo;
  396. or &lsquo;<samp>98</samp>&rsquo;. Another way is to add an appropriate set of predefines
  397. to <code>CC</code>. The description for the <samp>munix=</samp> option contains
  398. a list of the predefines used with each standard.
  399. </p>
  400. <p>More specific information to &lsquo;<samp>hppa*-hp-hpux*</samp>&rsquo; targets follows.
  401. </p>
  402. <hr /><a name="hppa-hp-hpux10"></a><a name="hppa*-hp-hpux10"></a>
  403. <h3 class="heading">hppa*-hp-hpux10</h3>
  404. <p>For hpux10.20, we <em>highly</em> recommend you pick up the latest sed patch
  405. <code>PHCO_19798</code> from HP.
  406. </p>
  407. <p>The C++ ABI has changed incompatibly in GCC 4.0. COMDAT subspaces are
  408. used for one-only code and data. This resolves many of the previous
  409. problems in using C++ on this target. However, the ABI is not compatible
  410. with the one implemented under HP-UX 11 using secondary definitions.
  411. </p>
  412. <hr /><a name="hppa-hp-hpux11"></a><a name="hppa*-hp-hpux11"></a>
  413. <h3 class="heading">hppa*-hp-hpux11</h3>
  414. <p>GCC 3.0 and up support HP-UX 11. GCC 2.95.x is not supported and cannot
  415. be used to compile GCC 3.0 and up.
  416. </p>
  417. <p>The libffi library haven&rsquo;t been ported to 64-bit HP-UX&nbsp;and doesn&rsquo;t build.
  418. </p>
  419. <p>Refer to <a href="binaries.html">binaries</a> for information about obtaining
  420. precompiled GCC binaries for HP-UX. Precompiled binaries must be obtained
  421. to build the Ada language as it cannot be bootstrapped using C. Ada is
  422. only available for the 32-bit PA-RISC runtime.
  423. </p>
  424. <p>Starting with GCC 3.4 an ISO C compiler is required to bootstrap. The
  425. bundled compiler supports only traditional C; you will need either HP&rsquo;s
  426. unbundled compiler, or a binary distribution of GCC.
  427. </p>
  428. <p>It is possible to build GCC 3.3 starting with the bundled HP compiler,
  429. but the process requires several steps. GCC 3.3 can then be used to
  430. build later versions.
  431. </p>
  432. <p>There are several possible approaches to building the distribution.
  433. Binutils can be built first using the HP tools. Then, the GCC
  434. distribution can be built. The second approach is to build GCC
  435. first using the HP tools, then build binutils, then rebuild GCC.
  436. There have been problems with various binary distributions, so it
  437. is best not to start from a binary distribution.
  438. </p>
  439. <p>On 64-bit capable systems, there are two distinct targets. Different
  440. installation prefixes must be used if both are to be installed on
  441. the same system. The &lsquo;<samp>hppa[1-2]*-hp-hpux11*</samp>&rsquo; target generates code
  442. for the 32-bit PA-RISC runtime architecture and uses the HP linker.
  443. The &lsquo;<samp>hppa64-hp-hpux11*</samp>&rsquo; target generates 64-bit code for the
  444. PA-RISC 2.0 architecture.
  445. </p>
  446. <p>The script config.guess now selects the target type based on the compiler
  447. detected during configuration. You must define <code>PATH</code> or <code>CC</code> so
  448. that configure finds an appropriate compiler for the initial bootstrap.
  449. When <code>CC</code> is used, the definition should contain the options that are
  450. needed whenever <code>CC</code> is used.
  451. </p>
  452. <p>Specifically, options that determine the runtime architecture must be
  453. in <code>CC</code> to correctly select the target for the build. It is also
  454. convenient to place many other compiler options in <code>CC</code>. For example,
  455. <code>CC=&quot;cc -Ac +DA2.0W -Wp,-H16376 -D_CLASSIC_TYPES -D_HPUX_SOURCE&quot;</code>
  456. can be used to bootstrap the GCC 3.3 branch with the HP compiler in
  457. 64-bit K&amp;R/bundled mode. The <samp>+DA2.0W</samp> option will result in
  458. the automatic selection of the &lsquo;<samp>hppa64-hp-hpux11*</samp>&rsquo; target. The
  459. macro definition table of cpp needs to be increased for a successful
  460. build with the HP compiler. _CLASSIC_TYPES and _HPUX_SOURCE need to
  461. be defined when building with the bundled compiler, or when using the
  462. <samp>-Ac</samp> option. These defines aren&rsquo;t necessary with <samp>-Ae</samp>.
  463. </p>
  464. <p>It is best to explicitly configure the &lsquo;<samp>hppa64-hp-hpux11*</samp>&rsquo; target
  465. with the <samp>--with-ld=&hellip;</samp> option. This overrides the standard
  466. search for ld. The two linkers supported on this target require different
  467. commands. The default linker is determined during configuration. As a
  468. result, it&rsquo;s not possible to switch linkers in the middle of a GCC build.
  469. This has been reported to sometimes occur in unified builds of binutils
  470. and GCC.
  471. </p>
  472. <p>A recent linker patch must be installed for the correct operation of
  473. GCC 3.3 and later. <code>PHSS_26559</code> and <code>PHSS_24304</code> are the
  474. oldest linker patches that are known to work. They are for HP-UX
  475. 11.00 and 11.11, respectively. <code>PHSS_24303</code>, the companion to
  476. <code>PHSS_24304</code>, might be usable but it hasn&rsquo;t been tested. These
  477. patches have been superseded. Consult the HP patch database to obtain
  478. the currently recommended linker patch for your system.
  479. </p>
  480. <p>The patches are necessary for the support of weak symbols on the
  481. 32-bit port, and for the running of initializers and finalizers. Weak
  482. symbols are implemented using SOM secondary definition symbols. Prior
  483. to HP-UX 11, there are bugs in the linker support for secondary symbols.
  484. The patches correct a problem of linker core dumps creating shared
  485. libraries containing secondary symbols, as well as various other
  486. linking issues involving secondary symbols.
  487. </p>
  488. <p>GCC 3.3 uses the ELF DT_INIT_ARRAY and DT_FINI_ARRAY capabilities to
  489. run initializers and finalizers on the 64-bit port. The 32-bit port
  490. uses the linker <samp>+init</samp> and <samp>+fini</samp> options for the same
  491. purpose. The patches correct various problems with the +init/+fini
  492. options, including program core dumps. Binutils 2.14 corrects a
  493. problem on the 64-bit port resulting from HP&rsquo;s non-standard use of
  494. the .init and .fini sections for array initializers and finalizers.
  495. </p>
  496. <p>Although the HP and GNU linkers are both supported for the
  497. &lsquo;<samp>hppa64-hp-hpux11*</samp>&rsquo; target, it is strongly recommended that the
  498. HP linker be used for link editing on this target.
  499. </p>
  500. <p>At this time, the GNU linker does not support the creation of long
  501. branch stubs. As a result, it cannot successfully link binaries
  502. containing branch offsets larger than 8 megabytes. In addition,
  503. there are problems linking shared libraries, linking executables
  504. with <samp>-static</samp>, and with dwarf2 unwind and exception support.
  505. It also doesn&rsquo;t provide stubs for internal calls to global functions
  506. in shared libraries, so these calls cannot be overloaded.
  507. </p>
  508. <p>The HP dynamic loader does not support GNU symbol versioning, so symbol
  509. versioning is not supported. It may be necessary to disable symbol
  510. versioning with <samp>--disable-symvers</samp> when using GNU ld.
  511. </p>
  512. <p>POSIX threads are the default. The optional DCE thread library is not
  513. supported, so <samp>--enable-threads=dce</samp> does not work.
  514. </p>
  515. <hr /><a name="x-x-linux-gnu"></a><a name="g_t*-*-linux-gnu"></a>
  516. <h3 class="heading">*-*-linux-gnu</h3>
  517. <p>Versions of libstdc++-v3 starting with 3.2.1 require bug fixes present
  518. in glibc 2.2.5 and later. More information is available in the
  519. libstdc++-v3 documentation.
  520. </p>
  521. <hr /><a name="ix86-x-linux"></a><a name="i_003f86-*-linux*"></a>
  522. <h3 class="heading">i?86-*-linux*</h3>
  523. <p>As of GCC 3.3, binutils 2.13.1 or later is required for this platform.
  524. See <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/PR10877">bug 10877</a> for more information.
  525. </p>
  526. <p>If you receive Signal 11 errors when building on GNU/Linux, then it is
  527. possible you have a hardware problem. Further information on this can be
  528. found on <a href="http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/">www.bitwizard.nl</a>.
  529. </p>
  530. <hr /><a name="ix86-x-solaris210"></a><a name="i_003f86-*-solaris2_002e10"></a>
  531. <h3 class="heading">i?86-*-solaris2.10</h3>
  532. <p>Use this for Solaris 10 or later on x86 and x86-64 systems. Starting
  533. with GCC 4.7, there is also a 64-bit &lsquo;<samp>amd64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*</samp>&rsquo; or
  534. &lsquo;<samp>x86_64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*</samp>&rsquo; configuration that corresponds to
  535. &lsquo;<samp>sparcv9-sun-solaris2*</samp>&rsquo;.
  536. </p>
  537. <p>It is recommended that you configure GCC to use the GNU assembler. The
  538. versions included in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils 2.15 (in
  539. <samp>/usr/sfw/bin/gas</samp>), and Solaris 11, from GNU binutils 2.19 or
  540. newer (also available as <samp>/usr/bin/gas</samp> and
  541. <samp>/usr/gnu/bin/as</samp>), work fine. Please note that the current
  542. version, from GNU binutils 2.26, only works on Solaris 12 when using the
  543. Solaris linker. On Solaris 10 and 11, you either have to wait for GNU
  544. binutils 2.26.1 or newer, or stay with GNU binutils 2.25.1. Recent
  545. versions of the Solaris assembler in <samp>/usr/ccs/bin/as</samp> work almost
  546. as well, though.
  547. </p>
  548. <p>For linking, the Solaris linker, is preferred. If you want to use the GNU
  549. linker instead, note that due to a packaging bug the version in Solaris
  550. 10, from GNU binutils 2.15 (in <samp>/usr/sfw/bin/gld</samp>), cannot be used,
  551. while the version in Solaris 11, from GNU binutils 2.19 or newer (also
  552. in <samp>/usr/gnu/bin/ld</samp> and <samp>/usr/bin/gld</samp>), works, as does the
  553. latest version, from GNU binutils 2.26.
  554. </p>
  555. <p>To use GNU <code>as</code>, configure with the options
  556. <samp>--with-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/sfw/bin/gas</samp>. It may be necessary
  557. to configure with <samp>--without-gnu-ld --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld</samp> to
  558. guarantee use of Sun <code>ld</code>.
  559. </p>
  560. <hr /><a name="ia64-x-linux"></a><a name="ia64-*-linux"></a>
  561. <h3 class="heading">ia64-*-linux</h3>
  562. <p>IA-64 processor (also known as IPF, or Itanium Processor Family)
  563. running GNU/Linux.
  564. </p>
  565. <p>If you are using the installed system libunwind library with
  566. <samp>--with-system-libunwind</samp>, then you must use libunwind 0.98 or
  567. later.
  568. </p>
  569. <p>None of the following versions of GCC has an ABI that is compatible
  570. with any of the other versions in this list, with the exception that
  571. Red Hat 2.96 and Trillian 000171 are compatible with each other:
  572. 3.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0, Red Hat 2.96, and Trillian 000717.
  573. This primarily affects C++ programs and programs that create shared libraries.
  574. GCC 3.1 or later is recommended for compiling linux, the kernel.
  575. As of version 3.1 GCC is believed to be fully ABI compliant, and hence no
  576. more major ABI changes are expected.
  577. </p>
  578. <hr /><a name="ia64-x-hpux"></a><a name="ia64-*-hpux*"></a>
  579. <h3 class="heading">ia64-*-hpux*</h3>
  580. <p>Building GCC on this target requires the GNU Assembler. The bundled HP
  581. assembler will not work. To prevent GCC from using the wrong assembler,
  582. the option <samp>--with-gnu-as</samp> may be necessary.
  583. </p>
  584. <p>The GCC libunwind library has not been ported to HPUX. This means that for
  585. GCC versions 3.2.3 and earlier, <samp>--enable-libunwind-exceptions</samp>
  586. is required to build GCC. For GCC 3.3 and later, this is the default.
  587. For gcc 3.4.3 and later, <samp>--enable-libunwind-exceptions</samp> is
  588. removed and the system libunwind library will always be used.
  589. </p>
  590. <hr />
  591. <!-- rs6000-ibm-aix*, powerpc-ibm-aix* --><a name="x-ibm-aix"></a><a name="g_t*-ibm-aix*"></a>
  592. <h3 class="heading">*-ibm-aix*</h3>
  593. <p>Support for AIX version 3 and older was discontinued in GCC 3.4.
  594. Support for AIX version 4.2 and older was discontinued in GCC 4.5.
  595. </p>
  596. <p>&ldquo;out of memory&rdquo; bootstrap failures may indicate a problem with
  597. process resource limits (ulimit). Hard limits are configured in the
  598. <samp>/etc/security/limits</samp> system configuration file.
  599. </p>
  600. <p>GCC 4.9 and above require a C++ compiler for bootstrap. IBM VAC++ / xlC
  601. cannot bootstrap GCC. xlc can bootstrap an older version of GCC and
  602. G++ can bootstrap recent releases of GCC.
  603. </p>
  604. <p>GCC can bootstrap with recent versions of IBM XLC, but bootstrapping
  605. with an earlier release of GCC is recommended. Bootstrapping with XLC
  606. requires a larger data segment, which can be enabled through the
  607. <var>LDR_CNTRL</var> environment variable, e.g.,
  608. </p>
  609. <div class="smallexample">
  610. <pre class="smallexample">% LDR_CNTRL=MAXDATA=0x50000000
  611. % export LDR_CNTRL
  612. </pre></div>
  613. <p>One can start with a pre-compiled version of GCC to build from
  614. sources. One may delete GCC&rsquo;s &ldquo;fixed&rdquo; header files when starting
  615. with a version of GCC built for an earlier release of AIX.
  616. </p>
  617. <p>To speed up the configuration phases of bootstrapping and installing GCC,
  618. one may use GNU Bash instead of AIX <code>/bin/sh</code>, e.g.,
  619. </p>
  620. <div class="smallexample">
  621. <pre class="smallexample">% CONFIG_SHELL=/opt/freeware/bin/bash
  622. % export CONFIG_SHELL
  623. </pre></div>
  624. <p>and then proceed as described in <a href="build.html">the build
  625. instructions</a>, where we strongly recommend specifying an absolute path
  626. to invoke <var>srcdir</var>/configure.
  627. </p>
  628. <p>Because GCC on AIX is built as a 32-bit executable by default,
  629. (although it can generate 64-bit programs) the GMP and MPFR libraries
  630. required by gfortran must be 32-bit libraries. Building GMP and MPFR
  631. as static archive libraries works better than shared libraries.
  632. </p>
  633. <p>Errors involving <code>alloca</code> when building GCC generally are due
  634. to an incorrect definition of <code>CC</code> in the Makefile or mixing files
  635. compiled with the native C compiler and GCC. During the stage1 phase of
  636. the build, the native AIX compiler <strong>must</strong> be invoked as <code>cc</code>
  637. (not <code>xlc</code>). Once <code>configure</code> has been informed of
  638. <code>xlc</code>, one needs to use &lsquo;<samp>make distclean</samp>&rsquo; to remove the
  639. configure cache files and ensure that <code>CC</code> environment variable
  640. does not provide a definition that will confuse <code>configure</code>.
  641. If this error occurs during stage2 or later, then the problem most likely
  642. is the version of Make (see above).
  643. </p>
  644. <p>The native <code>as</code> and <code>ld</code> are recommended for
  645. bootstrapping on AIX. The GNU Assembler, GNU Linker, and GNU
  646. Binutils version 2.20 is the minimum level that supports bootstrap on
  647. AIX 5. The GNU Assembler has not been updated to support AIX 6&nbsp;or
  648. AIX 7. The native AIX tools do interoperate with GCC.
  649. </p>
  650. <p>AIX 7.1 added partial support for DWARF debugging, but full support
  651. requires AIX 7.1 TL03 SP7 that supports additional DWARF sections and
  652. fixes a bug in the assembler. AIX 7.1 TL03 SP5 distributed a version
  653. of libm.a missing important symbols; a fix for IV77796 will be
  654. included in SP6.
  655. </p>
  656. <p>AIX 5.3 TL10, AIX 6.1 TL05 and AIX 7.1 TL00 introduced an AIX
  657. assembler change that sometimes produces corrupt assembly files
  658. causing AIX linker errors. The bug breaks GCC bootstrap on AIX and
  659. can cause compilation failures with existing GCC installations. An
  660. AIX iFix for AIX 5.3 is available (APAR IZ98385 for AIX 5.3 TL10, APAR
  661. IZ98477 for AIX 5.3 TL11 and IZ98134 for AIX 5.3 TL12). AIX 5.3 TL11 SP8,
  662. AIX 5.3 TL12 SP5, AIX 6.1 TL04 SP11, AIX 6.1 TL05 SP7, AIX 6.1 TL06 SP6,
  663. AIX 6.1 TL07 and AIX 7.1 TL01 should include the fix.
  664. </p>
  665. <p>Building <samp>libstdc++.a</samp> requires a fix for an AIX Assembler bug
  666. APAR IY26685 (AIX 4.3) or APAR IY25528 (AIX 5.1). It also requires a
  667. fix for another AIX Assembler bug and a co-dependent AIX Archiver fix
  668. referenced as APAR IY53606 (AIX 5.2) or as APAR IY54774 (AIX 5.1)
  669. </p>
  670. <a name="TransferAixShobj"></a><p>&lsquo;<samp>libstdc++</samp>&rsquo; in GCC 3.4 increments the major version number of the
  671. shared object and GCC installation places the <samp>libstdc++.a</samp>
  672. shared library in a common location which will overwrite the and GCC
  673. 3.3 version of the shared library. Applications either need to be
  674. re-linked against the new shared library or the GCC 3.1 and GCC 3.3
  675. versions of the &lsquo;<samp>libstdc++</samp>&rsquo; shared object needs to be available
  676. to the AIX runtime loader. The GCC 3.1 &lsquo;<samp>libstdc++.so.4</samp>&rsquo;, if
  677. present, and GCC 3.3 &lsquo;<samp>libstdc++.so.5</samp>&rsquo; shared objects can be
  678. installed for runtime dynamic loading using the following steps to set
  679. the &lsquo;<samp>F_LOADONLY</samp>&rsquo; flag in the shared object for <em>each</em>
  680. multilib <samp>libstdc++.a</samp> installed:
  681. </p>
  682. <p>Extract the shared objects from the currently installed
  683. <samp>libstdc++.a</samp> archive:
  684. </p><div class="smallexample">
  685. <pre class="smallexample">% ar -x libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
  686. </pre></div>
  687. <p>Enable the &lsquo;<samp>F_LOADONLY</samp>&rsquo; flag so that the shared object will be
  688. available for runtime dynamic loading, but not linking:
  689. </p><div class="smallexample">
  690. <pre class="smallexample">% strip -e libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
  691. </pre></div>
  692. <p>Archive the runtime-only shared object in the GCC 3.4
  693. <samp>libstdc++.a</samp> archive:
  694. </p><div class="smallexample">
  695. <pre class="smallexample">% ar -q libstdc++.a libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++.so.5
  696. </pre></div>
  697. <p>Eventually, the
  698. <a href="./configure.html#WithAixSoname"><samp>--with-aix-soname=svr4</samp></a>
  699. configure option may drop the need for this procedure for libraries that
  700. support it.
  701. </p>
  702. <p>Linking executables and shared libraries may produce warnings of
  703. duplicate symbols. The assembly files generated by GCC for AIX always
  704. have included multiple symbol definitions for certain global variable
  705. and function declarations in the original program. The warnings should
  706. not prevent the linker from producing a correct library or runnable
  707. executable.
  708. </p>
  709. <p>AIX 4.3 utilizes a &ldquo;large format&rdquo; archive to support both 32-bit and
  710. 64-bit object modules. The routines provided in AIX 4.3.0 and AIX 4.3.1
  711. to parse archive libraries did not handle the new format correctly.
  712. These routines are used by GCC and result in error messages during
  713. linking such as &ldquo;not a COFF file&rdquo;. The version of the routines shipped
  714. with AIX 4.3.1 should work for a 32-bit environment. The <samp>-g</samp>
  715. option of the archive command may be used to create archives of 32-bit
  716. objects using the original &ldquo;small format&rdquo;. A correct version of the
  717. routines is shipped with AIX 4.3.2 and above.
  718. </p>
  719. <p>Some versions of the AIX binder (linker) can fail with a relocation
  720. overflow severe error when the <samp>-bbigtoc</samp> option is used to link
  721. GCC-produced object files into an executable that overflows the TOC. A fix
  722. for APAR IX75823 (OVERFLOW DURING LINK WHEN USING GCC AND -BBIGTOC) is
  723. available from IBM Customer Support and from its
  724. <a href="http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/">techsupport.services.ibm.com</a>
  725. website as PTF U455193.
  726. </p>
  727. <p>The AIX 4.3.2.1 linker (bos.rte.bind_cmds Level 4.3.2.1) will dump core
  728. with a segmentation fault when invoked by any version of GCC. A fix for
  729. APAR IX87327 is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
  730. <a href="http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/">techsupport.services.ibm.com</a>
  731. website as PTF U461879. This fix is incorporated in AIX 4.3.3 and above.
  732. </p>
  733. <p>The initial assembler shipped with AIX 4.3.0 generates incorrect object
  734. files. A fix for APAR IX74254 (64BIT DISASSEMBLED OUTPUT FROM COMPILER FAILS
  735. TO ASSEMBLE/BIND) is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
  736. <a href="http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/">techsupport.services.ibm.com</a>
  737. website as PTF U453956. This fix is incorporated in AIX 4.3.1 and above.
  738. </p>
  739. <p>AIX provides National Language Support (NLS). Compilers and assemblers
  740. use NLS to support locale-specific representations of various data
  741. formats including floating-point numbers (e.g., &lsquo;<samp>.</samp>&rsquo; vs &lsquo;<samp>,</samp>&rsquo; for
  742. separating decimal fractions). There have been problems reported where
  743. GCC does not produce the same floating-point formats that the assembler
  744. expects. If one encounters this problem, set the <code>LANG</code>
  745. environment variable to &lsquo;<samp>C</samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp>En_US</samp>&rsquo;.
  746. </p>
  747. <p>A default can be specified with the <samp>-mcpu=<var>cpu_type</var></samp>
  748. switch and using the configure option <samp>--with-cpu-<var>cpu_type</var></samp>.
  749. </p>
  750. <hr /><a name="iq2000-x-elf"></a><a name="iq2000-*-elf"></a>
  751. <h3 class="heading">iq2000-*-elf</h3>
  752. <p>Vitesse IQ2000 processors. These are used in embedded
  753. applications. There are no standard Unix configurations.
  754. </p>
  755. <hr /><a name="lm32-x-elf"></a><a name="lm32-*-elf"></a>
  756. <h3 class="heading">lm32-*-elf</h3>
  757. <p>Lattice Mico32 processor.
  758. This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
  759. </p>
  760. <hr /><a name="lm32-x-uclinux"></a><a name="lm32-*-uclinux"></a>
  761. <h3 class="heading">lm32-*-uclinux</h3>
  762. <p>Lattice Mico32 processor.
  763. This configuration is intended for embedded systems running uClinux.
  764. </p>
  765. <hr /><a name="m32c-x-elf"></a><a name="m32c-*-elf"></a>
  766. <h3 class="heading">m32c-*-elf</h3>
  767. <p>Renesas M32C processor.
  768. This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
  769. </p>
  770. <hr /><a name="m32r-x-elf"></a><a name="m32r-*-elf"></a>
  771. <h3 class="heading">m32r-*-elf</h3>
  772. <p>Renesas M32R processor.
  773. This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
  774. </p>
  775. <hr /><a name="m68k-x-x"></a><a name="m68k-*-*"></a>
  776. <h3 class="heading">m68k-*-*</h3>
  777. <p>By default,
  778. &lsquo;<samp>m68k-*-elf*</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>m68k-*-rtems</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>m68k-*-uclinux</samp>&rsquo; and
  779. &lsquo;<samp>m68k-*-linux</samp>&rsquo;
  780. build libraries for both M680x0 and ColdFire processors. If you only
  781. need the M680x0 libraries, you can omit the ColdFire ones by passing
  782. <samp>--with-arch=m68k</samp> to <code>configure</code>. Alternatively, you
  783. can omit the M680x0 libraries by passing <samp>--with-arch=cf</samp> to
  784. <code>configure</code>. These targets default to 5206 or 5475 code as
  785. appropriate for the target system when
  786. configured with <samp>--with-arch=cf</samp> and 68020 code otherwise.
  787. </p>
  788. <p>The &lsquo;<samp>m68k-*-netbsd</samp>&rsquo; and
  789. &lsquo;<samp>m68k-*-openbsd</samp>&rsquo; targets also support the <samp>--with-arch</samp>
  790. option. They will generate ColdFire CFV4e code when configured with
  791. <samp>--with-arch=cf</samp> and 68020 code otherwise.
  792. </p>
  793. <p>You can override the default processors listed above by configuring
  794. with <samp>--with-cpu=<var>target</var></samp>. This <var>target</var> can either
  795. be a <samp>-mcpu</samp> argument or one of the following values:
  796. &lsquo;<samp>m68000</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>m68010</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>m68020</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>m68030</samp>&rsquo;,
  797. &lsquo;<samp>m68040</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>m68060</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>m68020-40</samp>&rsquo; and &lsquo;<samp>m68020-60</samp>&rsquo;.
  798. </p>
  799. <p>GCC requires at least binutils version 2.17 on these targets.
  800. </p>
  801. <hr /><a name="m68k-x-uclinux"></a><a name="m68k-*-uclinux"></a>
  802. <h3 class="heading">m68k-*-uclinux</h3>
  803. <p>GCC 4.3 changed the uClinux configuration so that it uses the
  804. &lsquo;<samp>m68k-linux-gnu</samp>&rsquo; ABI rather than the &lsquo;<samp>m68k-elf</samp>&rsquo; ABI.
  805. It also added improved support for C++ and flat shared libraries,
  806. both of which were ABI changes.
  807. </p>
  808. <hr /><a name="microblaze-x-elf"></a><a name="microblaze-*-elf"></a>
  809. <h3 class="heading">microblaze-*-elf</h3>
  810. <p>Xilinx MicroBlaze processor.
  811. This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
  812. </p>
  813. <hr /><a name="mips-x-x"></a><a name="mips-*-*"></a>
  814. <h3 class="heading">mips-*-*</h3>
  815. <p>If on a MIPS system you get an error message saying &ldquo;does not have gp
  816. sections for all it&rsquo;s [sic] sectons [sic]&rdquo;, don&rsquo;t worry about it. This
  817. happens whenever you use GAS with the MIPS linker, but there is not
  818. really anything wrong, and it is okay to use the output file. You can
  819. stop such warnings by installing the GNU linker.
  820. </p>
  821. <p>It would be nice to extend GAS to produce the gp tables, but they are
  822. optional, and there should not be a warning about their absence.
  823. </p>
  824. <p>The libstdc++ atomic locking routines for MIPS targets requires MIPS II
  825. and later. A patch went in just after the GCC 3.3 release to
  826. make &lsquo;<samp>mips*-*-*</samp>&rsquo; use the generic implementation instead. You can also
  827. configure for &lsquo;<samp>mipsel-elf</samp>&rsquo; as a workaround. The
  828. &lsquo;<samp>mips*-*-linux*</samp>&rsquo; target continues to use the MIPS II routines. More
  829. work on this is expected in future releases.
  830. </p>
  831. <p>The built-in <code>__sync_*</code> functions are available on MIPS II and
  832. later systems and others that support the &lsquo;<samp>ll</samp>&rsquo;, &lsquo;<samp>sc</samp>&rsquo; and
  833. &lsquo;<samp>sync</samp>&rsquo; instructions. This can be overridden by passing
  834. <samp>--with-llsc</samp> or <samp>--without-llsc</samp> when configuring GCC.
  835. Since the Linux kernel emulates these instructions if they are
  836. missing, the default for &lsquo;<samp>mips*-*-linux*</samp>&rsquo; targets is
  837. <samp>--with-llsc</samp>. The <samp>--with-llsc</samp> and
  838. <samp>--without-llsc</samp> configure options may be overridden at compile
  839. time by passing the <samp>-mllsc</samp> or <samp>-mno-llsc</samp> options to
  840. the compiler.
  841. </p>
  842. <p>MIPS systems check for division by zero (unless
  843. <samp>-mno-check-zero-division</samp> is passed to the compiler) by
  844. generating either a conditional trap or a break instruction. Using
  845. trap results in smaller code, but is only supported on MIPS II and
  846. later. Also, some versions of the Linux kernel have a bug that
  847. prevents trap from generating the proper signal (<code>SIGFPE</code>). To enable
  848. the use of break, use the <samp>--with-divide=breaks</samp>
  849. <code>configure</code> option when configuring GCC. The default is to
  850. use traps on systems that support them.
  851. </p>
  852. <hr /><a name="mips-sgi-irix5"></a><a name="mips-sgi-irix5-1"></a>
  853. <h3 class="heading">mips-sgi-irix5</h3>
  854. <p>Support for IRIX 5 has been removed in GCC 4.6.
  855. </p>
  856. <hr /><a name="mips-sgi-irix6"></a><a name="mips-sgi-irix6-1"></a>
  857. <h3 class="heading">mips-sgi-irix6</h3>
  858. <p>Support for IRIX 6.5 has been removed in GCC 4.8. Support for IRIX 6
  859. releases before 6.5 has been removed in GCC 4.6, as well as support for
  860. the O32 ABI.
  861. </p>
  862. <hr /><a name="moxie-x-elf"></a><a name="moxie-*-elf"></a>
  863. <h3 class="heading">moxie-*-elf</h3>
  864. <p>The moxie processor.
  865. </p>
  866. <hr /><a name="msp430-x-elf"></a><a name="msp430-*-elf"></a>
  867. <h3 class="heading">msp430-*-elf</h3>
  868. <p>TI MSP430 processor.
  869. This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
  870. </p>
  871. <hr /><a name="nds32le-x-elf"></a><a name="nds32le-*-elf"></a>
  872. <h3 class="heading">nds32le-*-elf</h3>
  873. <p>Andes NDS32 target in little endian mode.
  874. </p>
  875. <hr /><a name="nds32be-x-elf"></a><a name="nds32be-*-elf"></a>
  876. <h3 class="heading">nds32be-*-elf</h3>
  877. <p>Andes NDS32 target in big endian mode.
  878. </p>
  879. <hr /><a name="nvptx-x-none"></a><a name="nvptx-*-none"></a>
  880. <h3 class="heading">nvptx-*-none</h3>
  881. <p>Nvidia PTX target.
  882. </p>
  883. <p>Instead of GNU binutils, you will need to install
  884. <a href="https://github.com/MentorEmbedded/nvptx-tools/">nvptx-tools</a>.
  885. Tell GCC where to find it:
  886. <samp>--with-build-time-tools=[install-nvptx-tools]/nvptx-none/bin</samp>.
  887. </p>
  888. <p>A nvptx port of newlib is available at
  889. <a href="https://github.com/MentorEmbedded/nvptx-newlib/">nvptx-newlib</a>.
  890. It can be automatically built together with GCC. For this, add a
  891. symbolic link to nvptx-newlib&rsquo;s <samp>newlib</samp> directory to the
  892. directory containing the GCC sources.
  893. </p>
  894. <p>Use the <samp>--disable-sjlj-exceptions</samp> and
  895. <samp>--enable-newlib-io-long-long</samp> options when configuring.
  896. </p>
  897. <hr /><a name="powerpc-x-x"></a><a name="powerpc-*-*"></a>
  898. <h3 class="heading">powerpc-*-*</h3>
  899. <p>You can specify a default version for the <samp>-mcpu=<var>cpu_type</var></samp>
  900. switch by using the configure option <samp>--with-cpu-<var>cpu_type</var></samp>.
  901. </p>
  902. <p>You will need GNU binutils 2.15 or newer.
  903. </p>
  904. <hr /><a name="powerpc-x-darwin"></a><a name="powerpc-*-darwin*"></a>
  905. <h3 class="heading">powerpc-*-darwin*</h3>
  906. <p>PowerPC running Darwin (Mac OS X kernel).
  907. </p>
  908. <p>Pre-installed versions of Mac OS X may not include any developer tools,
  909. meaning that you will not be able to build GCC from source. Tool
  910. binaries are available at
  911. <a href="https://opensource.apple.com">https://opensource.apple.com</a>.
  912. </p>
  913. <p>This version of GCC requires at least cctools-590.36. The
  914. cctools-590.36 package referenced from
  915. <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-03/msg00507.html">http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2006-03/msg00507.html</a> will not work
  916. on systems older than 10.3.9 (aka darwin7.9.0).
  917. </p>
  918. <hr /><a name="powerpc-x-elf"></a><a name="powerpc-*-elf"></a>
  919. <h3 class="heading">powerpc-*-elf</h3>
  920. <p>PowerPC system in big endian mode, running System V.4.
  921. </p>
  922. <hr /><a name="powerpc-x-linux-gnu"></a><a name="powerpc*-*-linux-gnu*"></a>
  923. <h3 class="heading">powerpc*-*-linux-gnu*</h3>
  924. <p>PowerPC system in big endian mode running Linux.
  925. </p>
  926. <hr /><a name="powerpc-x-netbsd"></a><a name="powerpc-*-netbsd*"></a>
  927. <h3 class="heading">powerpc-*-netbsd*</h3>
  928. <p>PowerPC system in big endian mode running NetBSD.
  929. </p>
  930. <hr /><a name="powerpc-x-eabisim"></a><a name="powerpc-*-eabisim"></a>
  931. <h3 class="heading">powerpc-*-eabisim</h3>
  932. <p>Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode for use in running under the
  933. PSIM simulator.
  934. </p>
  935. <hr /><a name="powerpc-x-eabi"></a><a name="powerpc-*-eabi"></a>
  936. <h3 class="heading">powerpc-*-eabi</h3>
  937. <p>Embedded PowerPC system in big endian mode.
  938. </p>
  939. <hr /><a name="powerpcle-x-elf"></a><a name="powerpcle-*-elf"></a>
  940. <h3 class="heading">powerpcle-*-elf</h3>
  941. <p>PowerPC system in little endian mode, running System V.4.
  942. </p>
  943. <hr /><a name="powerpcle-x-eabisim"></a><a name="powerpcle-*-eabisim"></a>
  944. <h3 class="heading">powerpcle-*-eabisim</h3>
  945. <p>Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode for use in running under
  946. the PSIM simulator.
  947. </p>
  948. <hr /><a name="powerpcle-x-eabi"></a><a name="powerpcle-*-eabi"></a>
  949. <h3 class="heading">powerpcle-*-eabi</h3>
  950. <p>Embedded PowerPC system in little endian mode.
  951. </p>
  952. <hr /><a name="rl78-x-elf"></a><a name="rl78-*-elf"></a>
  953. <h3 class="heading">rl78-*-elf</h3>
  954. <p>The Renesas RL78 processor.
  955. This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
  956. </p>
  957. <hr /><a name="riscv32-x-elf"></a><a name="riscv32-*-elf"></a>
  958. <h3 class="heading">riscv32-*-elf</h3>
  959. <p>The RISC-V RV32 instruction set.
  960. This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
  961. This (and all other RISC-V) targets are supported upstream as of the
  962. binutils 2.28 release.
  963. </p>
  964. <hr /><a name="riscv32-x-linux"></a><a name="riscv32-*-linux"></a>
  965. <h3 class="heading">riscv32-*-linux</h3>
  966. <p>The RISC-V RV32 instruction set running GNU/Linux.
  967. This (and all other RISC-V) targets are supported upstream as of the
  968. binutils 2.28 release.
  969. </p>
  970. <hr /><a name="riscv64-x-elf"></a><a name="riscv64-*-elf"></a>
  971. <h3 class="heading">riscv64-*-elf</h3>
  972. <p>The RISC-V RV64 instruction set.
  973. This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
  974. This (and all other RISC-V) targets are supported upstream as of the
  975. binutils 2.28 release.
  976. </p>
  977. <hr /><a name="riscv64-x-linux"></a><a name="riscv64-*-linux"></a>
  978. <h3 class="heading">riscv64-*-linux</h3>
  979. <p>The RISC-V RV64 instruction set running GNU/Linux.
  980. This (and all other RISC-V) targets are supported upstream as of the
  981. binutils 2.28 release.
  982. </p>
  983. <hr /><a name="rx-x-elf"></a><a name="rx-*-elf"></a>
  984. <h3 class="heading">rx-*-elf</h3>
  985. <p>The Renesas RX processor.
  986. </p>
  987. <hr /><a name="s390-x-linux"></a><a name="s390-*-linux*"></a>
  988. <h3 class="heading">s390-*-linux*</h3>
  989. <p>S/390 system running GNU/Linux for S/390.
  990. </p>
  991. <hr /><a name="s390x-x-linux"></a><a name="s390x-*-linux*"></a>
  992. <h3 class="heading">s390x-*-linux*</h3>
  993. <p>zSeries system (64-bit) running GNU/Linux for zSeries.
  994. </p>
  995. <hr /><a name="s390x-ibm-tpf"></a><a name="s390x-ibm-tpf*"></a>
  996. <h3 class="heading">s390x-ibm-tpf*</h3>
  997. <p>zSeries system (64-bit) running TPF. This platform is
  998. supported as cross-compilation target only.
  999. </p>
  1000. <hr /><a name="x-x-solaris2"></a><a name="g_t*-*-solaris2*"></a>
  1001. <h3 class="heading">*-*-solaris2*</h3>
  1002. <p>Support for Solaris 9 has been removed in GCC 5. Support for Solaris
  1003. 8 has been removed in GCC 4.8. Support for Solaris 7 has been removed
  1004. in GCC 4.6.
  1005. </p>
  1006. <p>Sun does not ship a C compiler with Solaris 2 before Solaris 10, though
  1007. you can download the Sun Studio compilers for free. In Solaris 10 and
  1008. 11, GCC 3.4.3 is available as <code>/usr/sfw/bin/gcc</code>. Solaris 11
  1009. also provides GCC 4.5.2, 4.7.3, and 4.8.2 as
  1010. <code>/usr/gcc/4.5/bin/gcc</code> or similar. Alternatively,
  1011. you can install a pre-built GCC to bootstrap and install GCC. See the
  1012. <a href="binaries.html">binaries page</a> for details.
  1013. </p>
  1014. <p>The Solaris 2 <code>/bin/sh</code> will often fail to configure
  1015. &lsquo;<samp>libstdc++-v3</samp>&rsquo;or &lsquo;<samp>boehm-gc</samp>&rsquo;. We therefore recommend using the
  1016. following initial sequence of commands
  1017. </p>
  1018. <div class="smallexample">
  1019. <pre class="smallexample">% CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
  1020. % export CONFIG_SHELL
  1021. </pre></div>
  1022. <p>and proceed as described in <a href="configure.html">the configure instructions</a>.
  1023. In addition we strongly recommend specifying an absolute path to invoke
  1024. <code><var>srcdir</var>/configure</code>.
  1025. </p>
  1026. <p>Solaris 10 comes with a number of optional OS packages. Some of these
  1027. are needed to use GCC fully, namely <code>SUNWarc</code>,
  1028. <code>SUNWbtool</code>, <code>SUNWesu</code>, <code>SUNWhea</code>, <code>SUNWlibm</code>,
  1029. <code>SUNWsprot</code>, and <code>SUNWtoo</code>. If you did not install all
  1030. optional packages when installing Solaris 10, you will need to verify that
  1031. the packages that GCC needs are installed.
  1032. To check whether an optional package is installed, use
  1033. the <code>pkginfo</code> command. To add an optional package, use the
  1034. <code>pkgadd</code> command. For further details, see the Solaris 10
  1035. documentation.
  1036. </p>
  1037. <p>Starting with Solaris 11, the package management has changed, so you
  1038. need to check for <code>system/header</code>, <code>system/linker</code>, and
  1039. <code>developer/assembler</code> packages. Checking for and installing
  1040. packages is done with the <code>pkg</code> command now.
  1041. </p>
  1042. <p>Trying to use the linker and other tools in
  1043. <samp>/usr/ucb</samp> to install GCC has been observed to cause trouble.
  1044. For example, the linker may hang indefinitely. The fix is to remove
  1045. <samp>/usr/ucb</samp> from your <code>PATH</code>.
  1046. </p>
  1047. <p>The build process works more smoothly with the legacy Sun tools so, if you
  1048. have <samp>/usr/xpg4/bin</samp> in your <code>PATH</code>, we recommend that you place
  1049. <samp>/usr/bin</samp> before <samp>/usr/xpg4/bin</samp> for the duration of the build.
  1050. </p>
  1051. <p>We recommend the use of the Solaris assembler or the GNU assembler, in
  1052. conjunction with the Solaris linker. The GNU <code>as</code>
  1053. versions included in Solaris 10, from GNU binutils 2.15 (in
  1054. <samp>/usr/sfw/bin/gas</samp>), and Solaris 11,
  1055. from GNU binutils 2.19 or newer (also in <samp>/usr/bin/gas</samp> and
  1056. <samp>/usr/gnu/bin/as</samp>), are known to work.
  1057. Current versions of GNU binutils (2.26)
  1058. are known to work as well, with the caveat mentioned in
  1059. <a href="#ix86-x-solaris210">i?86-*-solaris2.10</a> . Note that your mileage may vary
  1060. if you use a combination of the GNU tools and the Solaris tools: while the
  1061. combination GNU <code>as</code> + Sun <code>ld</code> should reasonably work,
  1062. the reverse combination Sun <code>as</code> + GNU <code>ld</code> may fail to
  1063. build or cause memory corruption at runtime in some cases for C++ programs.
  1064. GNU <code>ld</code> usually works as well, although the version included in
  1065. Solaris 10 cannot be used due to several bugs. Again, the current
  1066. version (2.26) is known to work, but generally lacks platform specific
  1067. features, so better stay with Solaris <code>ld</code>. To use the LTO linker
  1068. plugin (<samp>-fuse-linker-plugin</samp>) with GNU <code>ld</code>, GNU
  1069. binutils <em>must</em> be configured with <samp>--enable-largefile</samp>.
  1070. </p>
  1071. <p>To enable symbol versioning in &lsquo;<samp>libstdc++</samp>&rsquo; with the Solaris linker,
  1072. you need to have any version of GNU <code>c++filt</code>, which is part of
  1073. GNU binutils. &lsquo;<samp>libstdc++</samp>&rsquo; symbol versioning will be disabled if no
  1074. appropriate version is found. Solaris <code>c++filt</code> from the Solaris
  1075. Studio compilers does <em>not</em> work.
  1076. </p>
  1077. <p>Sun bug 4927647 sometimes causes random spurious testsuite failures
  1078. related to missing diagnostic output. This bug doesn&rsquo;t affect GCC
  1079. itself, rather it is a kernel bug triggered by the <code>expect</code>
  1080. program which is used only by the GCC testsuite driver. When the bug
  1081. causes the <code>expect</code> program to miss anticipated output, extra
  1082. testsuite failures appear.
  1083. </p>
  1084. <hr /><a name="sparc-x-x"></a><a name="sparc*-*-*"></a>
  1085. <h3 class="heading">sparc*-*-*</h3>
  1086. <p>This section contains general configuration information for all
  1087. SPARC-based platforms. In addition to reading this section, please
  1088. read all other sections that match your target.
  1089. </p>
  1090. <p>Newer versions of the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP), the MPFR
  1091. library and the MPC library are known to be miscompiled by earlier
  1092. versions of GCC on these platforms. We therefore recommend the use
  1093. of the exact versions of these libraries listed as minimal versions
  1094. in <a href="prerequisites.html">the prerequisites</a>.
  1095. </p>
  1096. <hr /><a name="sparc-sun-solaris2"></a><a name="sparc-sun-solaris2*"></a>
  1097. <h3 class="heading">sparc-sun-solaris2*</h3>
  1098. <p>When GCC is configured to use GNU binutils 2.14 or later, the binaries
  1099. produced are smaller than the ones produced using Sun&rsquo;s native tools;
  1100. this difference is quite significant for binaries containing debugging
  1101. information.
  1102. </p>
  1103. <p>Starting with Solaris 7, the operating system is capable of executing
  1104. 64-bit SPARC V9 binaries. GCC 3.1 and later properly supports
  1105. this; the <samp>-m64</samp> option enables 64-bit code generation.
  1106. However, if all you want is code tuned for the UltraSPARC CPU, you
  1107. should try the <samp>-mtune=ultrasparc</samp> option instead, which produces
  1108. code that, unlike full 64-bit code, can still run on non-UltraSPARC
  1109. machines.
  1110. </p>
  1111. <p>When configuring the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP), the MPFR
  1112. library or the MPC library on a Solaris 7 or later system, the canonical
  1113. target triplet must be specified as the <code>build</code> parameter on the
  1114. configure line. This target triplet can be obtained by invoking <code>./config.guess</code> in the toplevel source directory of GCC (and
  1115. not that of GMP or MPFR or MPC). For example on a Solaris 9 system:
  1116. </p>
  1117. <div class="smallexample">
  1118. <pre class="smallexample">% ./configure --build=sparc-sun-solaris2.9 --prefix=xxx
  1119. </pre></div>
  1120. <hr /><a name="sparc-sun-solaris210"></a><a name="sparc-sun-solaris2_002e10"></a>
  1121. <h3 class="heading">sparc-sun-solaris2.10</h3>
  1122. <p>There is a bug in older versions of the Sun assembler which breaks
  1123. thread-local storage (TLS). A typical error message is
  1124. </p>
  1125. <div class="smallexample">
  1126. <pre class="smallexample">ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_TLS_LE_HIX22: file /var/tmp//ccamPA1v.o:
  1127. symbol &lt;unknown&gt;: bad symbol type SECT: symbol type must be TLS
  1128. </pre></div>
  1129. <p>This bug is fixed in Sun patch 118683-03 or later.
  1130. </p>
  1131. <hr /><a name="sparc-x-linux"></a><a name="sparc-*-linux*"></a>
  1132. <h3 class="heading">sparc-*-linux*</h3>
  1133. <hr /><a name="sparc64-x-solaris2"></a><a name="sparc64-*-solaris2*"></a>
  1134. <h3 class="heading">sparc64-*-solaris2*</h3>
  1135. <p>When configuring the GNU Multiple Precision Library (GMP), the MPFR
  1136. library or the MPC library, the canonical target triplet must be specified
  1137. as the <code>build</code> parameter on the configure line. For example
  1138. on a Solaris 9 system:
  1139. </p>
  1140. <div class="smallexample">
  1141. <pre class="smallexample">% ./configure --build=sparc64-sun-solaris2.9 --prefix=xxx
  1142. </pre></div>
  1143. <hr /><a name="sparcv9-x-solaris2"></a><a name="sparcv9-*-solaris2*"></a>
  1144. <h3 class="heading">sparcv9-*-solaris2*</h3>
  1145. <p>This is a synonym for &lsquo;<samp>sparc64-*-solaris2*</samp>&rsquo;.
  1146. </p>
  1147. <hr /><a name="c6x-x-x"></a><a name="c6x-*-*"></a>
  1148. <h3 class="heading">c6x-*-*</h3>
  1149. <p>The C6X family of processors. This port requires binutils-2.22 or newer.
  1150. </p>
  1151. <hr /><a name="tilegx-*-linux"></a><a name="tilegx-*-linux*"></a>
  1152. <h3 class="heading">tilegx-*-linux*</h3>
  1153. <p>The TILE-Gx processor in little endian mode, running GNU/Linux. This
  1154. port requires binutils-2.22 or newer.
  1155. </p>
  1156. <hr /><a name="tilegxbe-*-linux"></a><a name="tilegxbe-*-linux*"></a>
  1157. <h3 class="heading">tilegxbe-*-linux*</h3>
  1158. <p>The TILE-Gx processor in big endian mode, running GNU/Linux. This
  1159. port requires binutils-2.23 or newer.
  1160. </p>
  1161. <hr /><a name="tilepro-*-linux"></a><a name="tilepro-*-linux*"></a>
  1162. <h3 class="heading">tilepro-*-linux*</h3>
  1163. <p>The TILEPro processor running GNU/Linux. This port requires
  1164. binutils-2.22 or newer.
  1165. </p>
  1166. <hr /><a name="visium-x-elf"></a><a name="visium-*-elf"></a>
  1167. <h3 class="heading">visium-*-elf</h3>
  1168. <p>CDS VISIUMcore processor.
  1169. This configuration is intended for embedded systems.
  1170. </p>
  1171. <hr /><a name="x-x-vxworks"></a><a name="g_t*-*-vxworks*"></a>
  1172. <h3 class="heading">*-*-vxworks*</h3>
  1173. <p>Support for VxWorks is in flux. At present GCC supports <em>only</em> the
  1174. very recent VxWorks 5.5 (aka Tornado 2.2) release, and only on PowerPC.
  1175. We welcome patches for other architectures supported by VxWorks 5.5.
  1176. Support for VxWorks AE would also be welcome; we believe this is merely
  1177. a matter of writing an appropriate &ldquo;configlette&rdquo; (see below). We are
  1178. not interested in supporting older, a.out or COFF-based, versions of
  1179. VxWorks in GCC 3.
  1180. </p>
  1181. <p>VxWorks comes with an older version of GCC installed in
  1182. <samp><var>$WIND_BASE</var>/host</samp>; we recommend you do not overwrite it.
  1183. Choose an installation <var>prefix</var> entirely outside <var>$WIND_BASE</var>.
  1184. Before running <code>configure</code>, create the directories <samp><var>prefix</var></samp>
  1185. and <samp><var>prefix</var>/bin</samp>. Link or copy the appropriate assembler,
  1186. linker, etc. into <samp><var>prefix</var>/bin</samp>, and set your <var>PATH</var> to
  1187. include that directory while running both <code>configure</code> and
  1188. <code>make</code>.
  1189. </p>
  1190. <p>You must give <code>configure</code> the
  1191. <samp>--with-headers=<var>$WIND_BASE</var>/target/h</samp> switch so that it can
  1192. find the VxWorks system headers. Since VxWorks is a cross compilation
  1193. target only, you must also specify <samp>--target=<var>target</var></samp>.
  1194. <code>configure</code> will attempt to create the directory
  1195. <samp><var>prefix</var>/<var>target</var>/sys-include</samp> and copy files into it;
  1196. make sure the user running <code>configure</code> has sufficient privilege
  1197. to do so.
  1198. </p>
  1199. <p>GCC&rsquo;s exception handling runtime requires a special &ldquo;configlette&rdquo;
  1200. module, <samp>contrib/gthr_supp_vxw_5x.c</samp>. Follow the instructions in
  1201. that file to add the module to your kernel build. (Future versions of
  1202. VxWorks will incorporate this module.)
  1203. </p>
  1204. <hr /><a name="x86-64-x-x"></a><a name="x86_005f64-*-*_002c-amd64-*-*"></a>
  1205. <h3 class="heading">x86_64-*-*, amd64-*-*</h3>
  1206. <p>GCC supports the x86-64 architecture implemented by the AMD64 processor
  1207. (amd64-*-* is an alias for x86_64-*-*) on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD.
  1208. On GNU/Linux the default is a bi-arch compiler which is able to generate
  1209. both 64-bit x86-64 and 32-bit x86 code (via the <samp>-m32</samp> switch).
  1210. </p>
  1211. <hr /><a name="x86-64-x-solaris210"></a><a name="x86_005f64-*-solaris2_002e1_005b0-9_005d*"></a>
  1212. <h3 class="heading">x86_64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*</h3>
  1213. <p>GCC also supports the x86-64 architecture implemented by the AMD64
  1214. processor (&lsquo;<samp>amd64-*-*</samp>&rsquo; is an alias for &lsquo;<samp>x86_64-*-*</samp>&rsquo;) on
  1215. Solaris 10 or later. Unlike other systems, without special options a
  1216. bi-arch compiler is built which generates 32-bit code by default, but
  1217. can generate 64-bit x86-64 code with the <samp>-m64</samp> switch. Since
  1218. GCC 4.7, there is also a configuration that defaults to 64-bit code, but
  1219. can generate 32-bit code with <samp>-m32</samp>. To configure and build
  1220. this way, you have to provide all support libraries like <samp>libgmp</samp>
  1221. as 64-bit code, configure with <samp>--target=x86_64-pc-solaris2.1x</samp>
  1222. and &lsquo;<samp>CC=gcc -m64</samp>&rsquo;.
  1223. </p>
  1224. <hr /><a name="xtensa-x-elf"></a><a name="xtensa*-*-elf"></a>
  1225. <h3 class="heading">xtensa*-*-elf</h3>
  1226. <p>This target is intended for embedded Xtensa systems using the
  1227. &lsquo;<samp>newlib</samp>&rsquo; C library. It uses ELF but does not support shared
  1228. objects. Designed-defined instructions specified via the
  1229. Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) language are only supported
  1230. through inline assembly.
  1231. </p>
  1232. <p>The Xtensa configuration information must be specified prior to
  1233. building GCC. The <samp>include/xtensa-config.h</samp> header
  1234. file contains the configuration information. If you created your
  1235. own Xtensa configuration with the Xtensa Processor Generator, the
  1236. downloaded files include a customized copy of this header file,
  1237. which you can use to replace the default header file.
  1238. </p>
  1239. <hr /><a name="xtensa-x-linux"></a><a name="xtensa*-*-linux*"></a>
  1240. <h3 class="heading">xtensa*-*-linux*</h3>
  1241. <p>This target is for Xtensa systems running GNU/Linux. It supports ELF
  1242. shared objects and the GNU C library (glibc). It also generates
  1243. position-independent code (PIC) regardless of whether the
  1244. <samp>-fpic</samp> or <samp>-fPIC</samp> options are used. In other
  1245. respects, this target is the same as the
  1246. <a href="#xtensa*-*-elf">&lsquo;<samp>xtensa*-*-elf</samp>&rsquo;</a> target.
  1247. </p>
  1248. <hr /><a name="windows"></a><a name="Microsoft-Windows"></a>
  1249. <h3 class="heading">Microsoft Windows</h3>
  1250. <a name="Intel-16-bit-versions"></a>
  1251. <h4 class="subheading">Intel 16-bit versions</h4>
  1252. <p>The 16-bit versions of Microsoft Windows, such as Windows 3.1, are not
  1253. supported.
  1254. </p>
  1255. <p>However, the 32-bit port has limited support for Microsoft
  1256. Windows 3.11 in the Win32s environment, as a target only. See below.
  1257. </p>
  1258. <a name="Intel-32-bit-versions"></a>
  1259. <h4 class="subheading">Intel 32-bit versions</h4>
  1260. <p>The 32-bit versions of Windows, including Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows
  1261. XP, and Windows Vista, are supported by several different target
  1262. platforms. These targets differ in which Windows subsystem they target
  1263. and which C libraries are used.
  1264. </p>
  1265. <ul>
  1266. <li> Cygwin <a href="#x-x-cygwin">*-*-cygwin</a>: Cygwin provides a user-space
  1267. Linux API emulation layer in the Win32 subsystem.
  1268. </li><li> MinGW <a href="#x-x-mingw32">*-*-mingw32</a>: MinGW is a native GCC port for
  1269. the Win32 subsystem that provides a subset of POSIX.
  1270. </li><li> MKS i386-pc-mks: NuTCracker from MKS. See
  1271. <a href="http://www.mkssoftware.com/">http://www.mkssoftware.com/</a> for more information.
  1272. </li></ul>
  1273. <a name="Intel-64-bit-versions"></a>
  1274. <h4 class="subheading">Intel 64-bit versions</h4>
  1275. <p>GCC contains support for x86-64 using the mingw-w64
  1276. runtime library, available from <a href="http://mingw-w64.org/doku.php">http://mingw-w64.org/doku.php</a>.
  1277. This library should be used with the target triple x86_64-pc-mingw32.
  1278. </p>
  1279. <p>Presently Windows for Itanium is not supported.
  1280. </p>
  1281. <a name="Windows-CE"></a>
  1282. <h4 class="subheading">Windows CE</h4>
  1283. <p>Windows CE is supported as a target only on Hitachi
  1284. SuperH (sh-wince-pe), and MIPS (mips-wince-pe).
  1285. </p>
  1286. <a name="Other-Windows-Platforms"></a>
  1287. <h4 class="subheading">Other Windows Platforms</h4>
  1288. <p>GCC no longer supports Windows NT on the Alpha or PowerPC.
  1289. </p>
  1290. <p>GCC no longer supports the Windows POSIX subsystem. However, it does
  1291. support the Interix subsystem. See above.
  1292. </p>
  1293. <p>Old target names including *-*-winnt and *-*-windowsnt are no longer used.
  1294. </p>
  1295. <p>PW32 (i386-pc-pw32) support was never completed, and the project seems to
  1296. be inactive. See <a href="http://pw32.sourceforge.net/">http://pw32.sourceforge.net/</a> for more information.
  1297. </p>
  1298. <p>UWIN support has been removed due to a lack of maintenance.
  1299. </p>
  1300. <hr /><a name="x-x-cygwin"></a><a name="g_t*-*-cygwin"></a>
  1301. <h3 class="heading">*-*-cygwin</h3>
  1302. <p>Ports of GCC are included with the
  1303. <a href="http://www.cygwin.com/">Cygwin environment</a>.
  1304. </p>
  1305. <p>GCC will build under Cygwin without modification; it does not build
  1306. with Microsoft&rsquo;s C++ compiler and there are no plans to make it do so.
  1307. </p>
  1308. <p>The Cygwin native compiler can be configured to target any 32-bit x86
  1309. cpu architecture desired; the default is i686-pc-cygwin. It should be
  1310. used with as up-to-date a version of binutils as possible; use either
  1311. the latest official GNU binutils release in the Cygwin distribution,
  1312. or version 2.20 or above if building your own.
  1313. </p>
  1314. <hr /><a name="x-x-mingw32"></a><a name="g_t*-*-mingw32"></a>
  1315. <h3 class="heading">*-*-mingw32</h3>
  1316. <p>GCC will build with and support only MinGW runtime 3.12 and later.
  1317. Earlier versions of headers are incompatible with the new default semantics
  1318. of <code>extern inline</code> in <code>-std=c99</code> and <code>-std=gnu99</code> modes.
  1319. </p>
  1320. <hr /><a name="older"></a><a name="Older-systems"></a>
  1321. <h3 class="heading">Older systems</h3>
  1322. <p>GCC contains support files for many older (1980s and early
  1323. 1990s) Unix variants. For the most part, support for these systems
  1324. has not been deliberately removed, but it has not been maintained for
  1325. several years and may suffer from bitrot.
  1326. </p>
  1327. <p>Starting with GCC 3.1, each release has a list of &ldquo;obsoleted&rdquo; systems.
  1328. Support for these systems is still present in that release, but
  1329. <code>configure</code> will fail unless the <samp>--enable-obsolete</samp>
  1330. option is given. Unless a maintainer steps forward, support for these
  1331. systems will be removed from the next release of GCC.
  1332. </p>
  1333. <p>Support for old systems as hosts for GCC can cause problems if the
  1334. workarounds for compiler, library and operating system bugs affect the
  1335. cleanliness or maintainability of the rest of GCC. In some cases, to
  1336. bring GCC up on such a system, if still possible with current GCC, may
  1337. require first installing an old version of GCC which did work on that
  1338. system, and using it to compile a more recent GCC, to avoid bugs in the
  1339. vendor compiler. Old releases of GCC 1 and GCC 2 are available in the
  1340. <samp>old-releases</samp> directory on the <a href="../mirrors.html">GCC mirror
  1341. sites</a>. Header bugs may generally be avoided using
  1342. <code>fixincludes</code>, but bugs or deficiencies in libraries and the
  1343. operating system may still cause problems.
  1344. </p>
  1345. <p>Support for older systems as targets for cross-compilation is less
  1346. problematic than support for them as hosts for GCC; if an enthusiast
  1347. wishes to make such a target work again (including resurrecting any of
  1348. the targets that never worked with GCC 2, starting from the last
  1349. version before they were removed), patches
  1350. <a href="../contribute.html">following the usual requirements</a> would be
  1351. likely to be accepted, since they should not affect the support for more
  1352. modern targets.
  1353. </p>
  1354. <p>For some systems, old versions of GNU binutils may also be useful,
  1355. and are available from <samp>pub/binutils/old-releases</samp> on
  1356. <a href="https://sourceware.org/mirrors.html">sourceware.org mirror sites</a>.
  1357. </p>
  1358. <p>Some of the information on specific systems above relates to
  1359. such older systems, but much of the information
  1360. about GCC on such systems (which may no longer be applicable to
  1361. current GCC) is to be found in the GCC texinfo manual.
  1362. </p>
  1363. <hr /><a name="elf"></a><a name="all-ELF-targets-_0028SVR4_002c-Solaris-2_002c-etc_002e_0029"></a>
  1364. <h3 class="heading">all ELF targets (SVR4, Solaris 2, etc.)</h3>
  1365. <p>C++ support is significantly better on ELF targets if you use the
  1366. <a href="./configure.html#with-gnu-ld">GNU linker</a>; duplicate copies of
  1367. inlines, vtables and template instantiations will be discarded
  1368. automatically.
  1369. </p>
  1370. <hr />
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