Specify if the compiler should default to @option{-marm} or @option{-mthumb}.
This option is only supported on ARM targets.
+@item --with-fpmath=sse
+Specify if the compiler should default to @option{-msse2} and
+@option{-mfpmath=sse}. This option is only supported on i386 and
+x86-64 targets.
+
@item --with-divide=@var{type}
Specify how the compiler should generate code for checking for
division by zero. This option is only supported on the MIPS target.
@item
@uref{#sparc-sun-solaris27,,sparc-sun-solaris2.7}
@item
+@uref{#sparc-sun-solaris210,,sparc-sun-solaris2.10}
+@item
@uref{#sparc-x-linux,,sparc-*-linux*}
@item
@uref{#sparc64-x-solaris2,,sparc64-*-solaris2*}
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@heading @anchor{alpha-dec-osf}alpha*-dec-osf*
Systems using processors that implement the DEC Alpha architecture and
-are running the DEC/Compaq Unix (DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX, or Compaq
+are running the DEC/Compaq/HP Unix (DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX, or Compaq/HP
Tru64 UNIX) operating system, for example the DEC Alpha AXP systems.
As of GCC 3.2, versions before @code{alpha*-dec-osf4} are no longer
supported. (These are the versions which identify themselves as DEC
-OSF/1.)
+OSF/1.) As of GCC 4.5, support for Tru64 UNIX V4.0 and V5.0 has been
+obsoleted, but can still be enabled by configuring with
+@option{--enable-obsolete}. Support will be removed in GCC 4.6.
-In Digital Unix V4.0, virtual memory exhausted bootstrap failures
-may be fixed by configuring with @option{--with-gc=simple},
-reconfiguring Kernel Virtual Memory and Swap parameters
+On Tru64 UNIX, virtual memory exhausted bootstrap failures
+may be fixed by reconfiguring Kernel Virtual Memory and Swap parameters
per the @command{/usr/sbin/sys_check} Tuning Suggestions,
or applying the patch in
-@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-08/msg00822.html}.
-
-In Tru64 UNIX V5.1, Compaq introduced a new assembler that does not
-currently (2001-06-13) work with @command{mips-tfile}. As a workaround,
-we need to use the old assembler, invoked via the barely documented
-@option{-oldas} option. To bootstrap GCC, you either need to use the
-Compaq C Compiler:
-
-@smallexample
- % CC=cc @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
-@end smallexample
-
-or you can use a copy of GCC 2.95.3 or higher built on Tru64 UNIX V4.0:
+@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-08/msg00822.html}. Depending on
+the OS version used, you need a data segment size between 512 MB and
+1 GB, so simply use @command{ulimit -Sd unlimited}.
-@smallexample
- % CC=gcc -Wa,-oldas @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}] [@var{target}]
-@end smallexample
-
-As of GNU binutils 2.11.2, neither GNU @command{as} nor GNU @command{ld}
+As of GNU binutils 2.20.1, neither GNU @command{as} nor GNU @command{ld}
are supported on Tru64 UNIX, so you must not configure GCC with
@option{--with-gnu-as} or @option{--with-gnu-ld}.
GCC writes a @samp{.verstamp} directive to the assembler output file
unless it is built as a cross-compiler. It gets the version to use from
the system header file @file{/usr/include/stamp.h}. If you install a
-new version of DEC Unix, you should rebuild GCC to pick up the new version
+new version of Tru64 UNIX, you should rebuild GCC to pick up the new version
stamp.
-@samp{make compare} may fail on old versions of DEC Unix unless you add
-@option{-save-temps} to @code{BOOT_CFLAGS}. On these systems, the name
-of the assembler input file is stored in the object file, and that makes
-comparison fail if it differs between the @code{stage1} and
-@code{stage2} compilations. The option @option{-save-temps} forces a
-fixed name to be used for the assembler input file, instead of a
-randomly chosen name in @file{/tmp}. Do not add @option{-save-temps}
-unless the comparisons fail without that option. If you add
-@option{-save-temps}, you will have to manually delete the @samp{.i} and
-@samp{.s} files after each series of compilations.
-
GCC now supports both the native (ECOFF) debugging format used by DBX
and GDB and an encapsulated STABS format for use only with GDB@. See the
discussion of the @option{--with-stabs} option of @file{configure} above
for more information on these formats and how to select them.
+@c FIXME: does this work at all? If so, perhaps make default.
There is a bug in DEC's assembler that produces incorrect line numbers
for ECOFF format when the @samp{.align} directive is used. To work
DBX@. DEC is now aware of this problem with the assembler and hopes to
provide a fix shortly.
+@c FIXME: still applicable?
+
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@heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix5}mips-sgi-irix5
+Support for IRIX 5 has been obsoleted in GCC 4.5, but can still be
+enabled by configuring with @option{--enable-obsolete}. Support will be
+removed in GCC 4.6.
+
In order to compile GCC on an SGI running IRIX 5, the @samp{compiler_dev.hdr}
subsystem must be installed from the IDO CD-ROM supplied by SGI@.
It is also available for download from
-@uref{ftp://ftp.sgi.com/sgi/IRIX5.3/iris-development-option-5.3.tardist}.
+@uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/ido.html}.
If you use the MIPS C compiler to bootstrap, it may be necessary
to increase its table size for switch statements with the
@option{-Wf,-XNg1500} option. If you use the @option{-O2}
optimization option, you also need to use @option{-Olimit 3000}.
+@c FIXME: verify.
+
+GCC must be configured to use GNU @command{as}. The latest version, from GNU
+binutils 2.20.1, is known to work.
To enable debugging under IRIX 5, you must use GNU binutils 2.15 or
later, and use the @option{--with-gnu-ld} @command{configure} option
-when configuring GCC@. You need to use GNU @command{ar} and @command{nm},
+when configuring GCC@.
+You need to use GNU @command{ar} and @command{nm},
also distributed with GNU binutils.
+@c FIXME: which parts of this are still true?
-Some users have reported that @command{/bin/sh} will hang during bootstrap.
-This problem can be avoided by running the commands:
+Configuring GCC with @command{/bin/sh} is @emph{extremely} slow and may
+even hang. This problem can be avoided by running @command{configure}
+like this:
@smallexample
- % CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
+ % CONFIG_SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash
% export CONFIG_SHELL
+ % $CONFIG_SHELL @var{srcdir}/configure [@var{options}]
@end smallexample
@noindent
-before starting the build.
+@command{/bin/ksh} doesn't work properly either.
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@heading @anchor{mips-sgi-irix6}mips-sgi-irix6
+Support for IRIX 6 releases before 6.5 has been obsoleted in GCC 4.5,
+but can still be enabled by configuring with @option{--enable-obsolete}.
+Support will be removed in GCC 4.6, which will also disable support for
+the O32 ABI. It is @emph{strongly} recommended to upgrade to at least
+IRIX 6.5.18. This release introduced full ISO C99 support, though for
+the N32 and N64 ABIs only.
+
+To build and use GCC on IRIX 6, you need the IRIX Development Foundation
+(IDF) and IRIX Development Libraries (IDL). They are included with the
+IRIX 6.5 media and can be downloaded from
+@uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/idf_idl.html} for older IRIX 6 releases.
+
If you are using SGI's MIPSpro @command{cc} as your bootstrap compiler, you must
ensure that the N32 ABI is in use. To test this, compile a simple C
file with @command{cc} and then run @command{file} on the
Look for @file{/usr/lib64/libc.so.1} to see if you
have the 64-bit libraries installed.
-To enable debugging for the O32 ABI, you must use GNU @command{as} from
-GNU binutils 2.15 or later. You may also use GNU @command{ld}, but
-this is not required and currently causes some problems with Ada.
+GCC must be configured with GNU @command{as}. The latest version, from GNU
+binutils 2.20.1, is known to work. On the other hand, bootstrap fails
+with GNU @command{ld} at least since GNU binutils 2.17.
The @option{--enable-libgcj}
option is disabled by default: IRIX 6 uses a very low default limit
@command{ld}. A sure fix is to increase this limit (@samp{ncargs}) to
its maximum of 262144 bytes. If you have root access, you can use the
@command{systune} command to do this.
+@c FIXME: does this work with current libtool?
@code{wchar_t} support in @samp{libstdc++} is not available for old
IRIX 6.5.x releases, @math{x < 19}. The problem cannot be autodetected
and in order to build GCC for such targets you need to configure with
@option{--disable-wchar_t}.
-See @uref{http://freeware.sgi.com/} for more
-information about using GCC on IRIX platforms.
-
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Sun bug 4296832 turns up when compiling X11 headers with GCC 2.95 or
newer: @command{g++} will complain that types are missing. These headers
assume that omitting the type means @code{int}; this assumption worked for
-C89 but is wrong for C++, and is now wrong for C99 also.
+C90 but is wrong for C++, and is now wrong for C99 also.
@command{g++} accepts such (invalid) constructs with the option
@option{-fpermissive}; it will assume that any missing type is @code{int}
-(as defined by C89).
+(as defined by C90).
There are patches for Solaris 7 (108376-21 or newer for SPARC,
108377-20 for Intel), and Solaris 8 (108652-24 or newer for SPARC,
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+@heading @anchor{sparc-sun-solaris210}sparc-sun-solaris2.10
+
+There is a bug in older versions of the Sun assembler which breaks
+thread-local storage (TLS). A typical error message is
+
+@smallexample
+ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_TLS_LE_HIX22: file /var/tmp//ccamPA1v.o:
+ symbol <unknown>: bad symbol type SECT: symbol type must be TLS
+@end smallexample
+
+This bug is fixed in Sun patch 118683-03 or later.
+
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@heading @anchor{sparc-x-linux}sparc-*-linux*
GCC versions 3.0 and higher require binutils 2.11.2 and glibc 2.2.4