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Building LLVM With Autotools
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====================================
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.. contents::
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:local:
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Overview
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========
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Local LLVM Configuration
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------------------------
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Once checked out from the Subversion repository, the LLVM suite source code must
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be configured via the ``configure`` script. This script sets variables in the
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various ``*.in`` files, most notably ``llvm/Makefile.config`` and
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``llvm/include/Config/config.h``. It also populates *OBJ_ROOT* with the
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Makefiles needed to begin building LLVM.
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The following environment variables are used by the ``configure`` script to
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configure the build system:
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+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| Variable | Purpose |
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+============+===========================================================+
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| CC | Tells ``configure`` which C compiler to use. By default, |
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| | ``configure`` will check ``PATH`` for ``clang`` and GCC C |
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| | compilers (in this order). Use this variable to override |
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| | ``configure``\'s default behavior. |
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+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| CXX | Tells ``configure`` which C++ compiler to use. By |
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| | default, ``configure`` will check ``PATH`` for |
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| | ``clang++`` and GCC C++ compilers (in this order). Use |
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| | this variable to override ``configure``'s default |
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| | behavior. |
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+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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The following options can be used to set or enable LLVM specific options:
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``--enable-optimized``
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Enables optimized compilation (debugging symbols are removed and GCC
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optimization flags are enabled). Note that this is the default setting if you
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are using the LLVM distribution. The default behavior of a Subversion
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checkout is to use an unoptimized build (also known as a debug build).
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``--enable-debug-runtime``
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Enables debug symbols in the runtime libraries. The default is to strip debug
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symbols from the runtime libraries.
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``--enable-jit``
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Compile the Just In Time (JIT) compiler functionality. This is not available
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on all platforms. The default is dependent on platform, so it is best to
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explicitly enable it if you want it.
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``--enable-targets=target-option``
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Controls which targets will be built and linked into llc. The default value
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for ``target_options`` is "all" which builds and links all available targets.
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The "host" target is selected as the target of the build host. You can also
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specify a comma separated list of target names that you want available in llc.
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The target names use all lower case. The current set of targets is:
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``aarch64, arm, arm64, cpp, hexagon, mips, mipsel, mips64, mips64el, msp430,
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powerpc, nvptx, r600, sparc, systemz, x86, x86_64, xcore``.
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``--enable-doxygen``
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Look for the doxygen program and enable construction of doxygen based
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documentation from the source code. This is disabled by default because
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generating the documentation can take a long time and producess 100s of
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megabytes of output.
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To configure LLVM, follow these steps:
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#. Change directory into the object root directory:
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.. code-block:: console
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% cd OBJ_ROOT
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#. Run the ``configure`` script located in the LLVM source tree:
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.. code-block:: console
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% SRC_ROOT/configure --prefix=/install/path [other options]
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Compiling the LLVM Suite Source Code
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------------------------------------
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Once you have configured LLVM, you can build it. There are three types of
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builds:
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Debug Builds
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These builds are the default when one is using a Subversion checkout and
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types ``gmake`` (unless the ``--enable-optimized`` option was used during
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configuration). The build system will compile the tools and libraries with
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debugging information. To get a Debug Build using the LLVM distribution the
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``--disable-optimized`` option must be passed to ``configure``.
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Release (Optimized) Builds
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These builds are enabled with the ``--enable-optimized`` option to
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``configure`` or by specifying ``ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=1`` on the ``gmake`` command
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line. For these builds, the build system will compile the tools and libraries
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with GCC optimizations enabled and strip debugging information from the
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libraries and executables it generates. Note that Release Builds are default
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when using an LLVM distribution.
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Profile Builds
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These builds are for use with profiling. They compile profiling information
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into the code for use with programs like ``gprof``. Profile builds must be
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started by specifying ``ENABLE_PROFILING=1`` on the ``gmake`` command line.
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Once you have LLVM configured, you can build it by entering the *OBJ_ROOT*
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directory and issuing the following command:
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.. code-block:: console
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% gmake
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If the build fails, please `check here <GettingStarted.html#check-here>`_
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to see if you are using a version of GCC that is known not to compile LLVM.
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If you have multiple processors in your machine, you may wish to use some of the
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parallel build options provided by GNU Make. For example, you could use the
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command:
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.. code-block:: console
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% gmake -j2
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There are several special targets which are useful when working with the LLVM
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source code:
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``gmake clean``
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Removes all files generated by the build. This includes object files,
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generated C/C++ files, libraries, and executables.
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``gmake dist-clean``
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Removes everything that ``gmake clean`` does, but also removes files generated
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by ``configure``. It attempts to return the source tree to the original state
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in which it was shipped.
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``gmake install``
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Installs LLVM header files, libraries, tools, and documentation in a hierarchy
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under ``$PREFIX``, specified with ``./configure --prefix=[dir]``, which
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defaults to ``/usr/local``.
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``gmake -C runtime install-bytecode``
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Assuming you built LLVM into $OBJDIR, when this command is run, it will
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install bitcode libraries into the GCC front end's bitcode library directory.
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If you need to update your bitcode libraries, this is the target to use once
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you've built them.
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Please see the `Makefile Guide <MakefileGuide.html>`_ for further details on
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these ``make`` targets and descriptions of other targets available.
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It is also possible to override default values from ``configure`` by declaring
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variables on the command line. The following are some examples:
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``gmake ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=1``
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Perform a Release (Optimized) build.
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``gmake ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=1 DISABLE_ASSERTIONS=1``
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Perform a Release (Optimized) build without assertions enabled.
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``gmake ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=0``
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Perform a Debug build.
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``gmake ENABLE_PROFILING=1``
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Perform a Profiling build.
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``gmake VERBOSE=1``
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Print what ``gmake`` is doing on standard output.
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``gmake TOOL_VERBOSE=1``
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Ask each tool invoked by the makefiles to print out what it is doing on
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the standard output. This also implies ``VERBOSE=1``.
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Every directory in the LLVM object tree includes a ``Makefile`` to build it and
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any subdirectories that it contains. Entering any directory inside the LLVM
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object tree and typing ``gmake`` should rebuild anything in or below that
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directory that is out of date.
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This does not apply to building the documentation.
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LLVM's (non-Doxygen) documentation is produced with the
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`Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ documentation generation system.
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There are some HTML documents that have not yet been converted to the new
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system (which uses the easy-to-read and easy-to-write
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`reStructuredText <http://sphinx-doc.org/rest.html>`_ plaintext markup
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language).
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The generated documentation is built in the ``SRC_ROOT/docs`` directory using
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a special makefile.
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For instructions on how to install Sphinx, see
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`Sphinx Introduction for LLVM Developers
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<http://lld.llvm.org/sphinx_intro.html>`_.
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After following the instructions there for installing Sphinx, build the LLVM
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HTML documentation by doing the following:
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.. code-block:: console
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$ cd SRC_ROOT/docs
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$ make -f Makefile.sphinx
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This creates a ``_build/html`` sub-directory with all of the HTML files, not
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just the generated ones.
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This directory corresponds to ``llvm.org/docs``.
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For example, ``_build/html/SphinxQuickstartTemplate.html`` corresponds to
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``llvm.org/docs/SphinxQuickstartTemplate.html``.
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The :doc:`SphinxQuickstartTemplate` is useful when creating a new document.
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Cross-Compiling LLVM
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--------------------
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It is possible to cross-compile LLVM itself. That is, you can create LLVM
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executables and libraries to be hosted on a platform different from the platform
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where they are built (a Canadian Cross build). To configure a cross-compile,
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supply the configure script with ``--build`` and ``--host`` options that are
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different. The values of these options must be legal target triples that your
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GCC compiler supports.
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The result of such a build is executables that are not runnable on on the build
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host (--build option) but can be executed on the compile host (--host option).
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Check :doc:`HowToCrossCompileLLVM` and `Clang docs on how to cross-compile in general
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<http://clang.llvm.org/docs/CrossCompilation.html>`_ for more information
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about cross-compiling.
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The Location of LLVM Object Files
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---------------------------------
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The LLVM build system is capable of sharing a single LLVM source tree among
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several LLVM builds. Hence, it is possible to build LLVM for several different
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platforms or configurations using the same source tree.
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This is accomplished in the typical autoconf manner:
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* Change directory to where the LLVM object files should live:
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.. code-block:: console
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% cd OBJ_ROOT
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* Run the ``configure`` script found in the LLVM source directory:
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.. code-block:: console
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% SRC_ROOT/configure
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The LLVM build will place files underneath *OBJ_ROOT* in directories named after
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the build type:
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Debug Builds with assertions enabled (the default)
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Tools
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``OBJ_ROOT/Debug+Asserts/bin``
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Libraries
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``OBJ_ROOT/Debug+Asserts/lib``
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Release Builds
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Tools
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``OBJ_ROOT/Release/bin``
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Libraries
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``OBJ_ROOT/Release/lib``
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Profile Builds
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Tools
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``OBJ_ROOT/Profile/bin``
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Libraries
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``OBJ_ROOT/Profile/lib``
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* ``cd llvm/projects``
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* ``svn co http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/trunk test-suite``
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#. Configure and build LLVM and Clang:
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#. Configure and build LLVM and Clang (Recommended process using CMake):
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* ``cd where you want to build llvm``
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* ``mkdir build``
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* ``cd build``
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* ``cmake -G <generator> [options] <path to llvm sources>``
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Some common generators are:
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* ``Unix Makefiles`` --- for generating make-compatible parallel makefiles.
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* ``Ninja`` --- for generating `Ninja <http://martine.github.io/ninja/>`
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build files.
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* ``Visual Studio`` --- for generating Visual Studio projects and
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solutions.
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* ``Xcode`` --- for generating Xcode projects.
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Some Common options:
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* ``-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=directory`` --- Specify for *directory* the full
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pathname of where you want the LLVM tools and libraries to be installed
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(default ``/usr/local``).
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* ``-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=type`` --- Valid options for *type* are Debug,
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Release, RelWithDebInfo, and MinSizeRel. Default is Debug.
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* ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=On`` --- Compile with assertion checks enabled
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(default is Yes for Debug builds, No for all other build types).
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* For more information see `CMake <CMake.html>`_
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#. Configure and build LLVM and Clang (Alternate process using configure):
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* ``cd where-you-want-to-build-llvm``
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* ``mkdir build`` (for building without polluting the source dir)
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* ``make check-all`` --- This run the regression tests to ensure everything
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is in working order.
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* It is also possible to use `CMake <CMake.html>`_ instead of the makefiles.
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With CMake it is possible to generate project files for several IDEs:
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Xcode, Eclipse CDT4, CodeBlocks, Qt-Creator (use the CodeBlocks
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generator), KDevelop3.
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* If you get an "internal compiler error (ICE)" or test failures, see
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`below`.
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#. Code generation supported for Pentium processors and up
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#. Code generation supported for 32-bit ABI only
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#. To use LLVM modules on Win32-based system, you may configure LLVM
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with ``--enable-shared``.
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with ``-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=On`` for CMake builds or ``--enable-shared``
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for configure builds.
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#. MCJIT not working well pre-v7, old JIT engine not supported any more.
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Note that you will need about 1-3 GB of space for a full LLVM build in Debug
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@ -664,66 +690,61 @@ Local LLVM Configuration
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------------------------
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Once checked out from the Subversion repository, the LLVM suite source code must
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be configured via the ``configure`` script. This script sets variables in the
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various ``*.in`` files, most notably ``llvm/Makefile.config`` and
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``llvm/include/Config/config.h``. It also populates *OBJ_ROOT* with the
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Makefiles needed to begin building LLVM.
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be configured before being built. For instructions using autotools please see
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`Building LLVM With Autotools <BuildingLLVMWithAutotools.html>`_. The
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recommended process uses CMake. Unlinke the normal ``configure`` script, CMake
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generates the build files in whatever format you request as well as various
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``*.inc`` files, and ``llvm/include/Config/config.h``.
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The following environment variables are used by the ``configure`` script to
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configure the build system:
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Variables are passed to ``cmake`` on the command line using the format
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``-D<variable name>=<value>``. The following variables are some common options
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used by people developing LLVM.
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+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
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| Variable | Purpose |
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+============+===========================================================+
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| CC | Tells ``configure`` which C compiler to use. By default, |
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| | ``configure`` will check ``PATH`` for ``clang`` and GCC C |
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| | compilers (in this order). Use this variable to override |
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| | ``configure``\'s default behavior. |
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+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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| CXX | Tells ``configure`` which C++ compiler to use. By |
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| | default, ``configure`` will check ``PATH`` for |
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| | ``clang++`` and GCC C++ compilers (in this order). Use |
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| | this variable to override ``configure``'s default |
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| | behavior. |
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+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
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The following options can be used to set or enable LLVM specific options:
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``--enable-optimized``
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Enables optimized compilation (debugging symbols are removed and GCC
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optimization flags are enabled). Note that this is the default setting if you
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are using the LLVM distribution. The default behavior of a Subversion
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checkout is to use an unoptimized build (also known as a debug build).
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``--enable-debug-runtime``
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Enables debug symbols in the runtime libraries. The default is to strip debug
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symbols from the runtime libraries.
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``--enable-jit``
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Compile the Just In Time (JIT) compiler functionality. This is not available
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on all platforms. The default is dependent on platform, so it is best to
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explicitly enable it if you want it.
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``--enable-targets=target-option``
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Controls which targets will be built and linked into llc. The default value
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for ``target_options`` is "all" which builds and links all available targets.
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The "host" target is selected as the target of the build host. You can also
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specify a comma separated list of target names that you want available in llc.
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The target names use all lower case. The current set of targets is:
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``aarch64, arm, arm64, cpp, hexagon, mips, mipsel, mips64, mips64el, msp430,
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powerpc, nvptx, r600, sparc, systemz, x86, x86_64, xcore``.
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``--enable-doxygen``
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Look for the doxygen program and enable construction of doxygen based
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documentation from the source code. This is disabled by default because
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generating the documentation can take a long time and producess 100s of
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megabytes of output.
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+=========================+====================================================+
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| CMAKE_C_COMPILER | Tells ``cmake`` which C compiler to use. By |
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| | default, this will be /usr/bin/cc. |
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+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
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| CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER | Tells ``cmake`` which C++ compiler to use. By |
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| | default, this will be /usr/bin/c++. |
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+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
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| CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE | Tells ``cmake`` what type of build you are trying |
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| | to generate files for. Valid options are Debug, |
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| | Release, RelWithDebInfo, and MinSizeRel. Default |
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| | is Debug. |
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+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
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| CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX | Specifies the install directory to target when |
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| | running the install action of the build files. |
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+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
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| LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD | A semicolon delimited list controlling which |
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| | targets will be built and linked into llc. This is |
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| | equivalent to the ``--enable-targets`` option in |
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| | the configure script. The default list is defined |
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| | as ``LLVM_ALL_TARGETS``, and can be set to include |
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| | out-of-tree targets. The default value includes: |
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| | ``AArch64, ARM, CppBackend, Hexagon, |
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| | Mips, MSP430, NVPTX, PowerPC, R600, Sparc, |
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| | SystemZ, X86, XCore``. |
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+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
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| LLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN | Build doxygen-based documentation from the source |
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| | code This is disabled by default because it is |
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| | slow and generates a lot of output. |
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+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
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| LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX | Build sphinx-based documentation from the source |
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| | code. This is disabled by default because it is |
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| | slow and generates a lot of output. |
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+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
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| LLVM_BUILD_LLVM_DYLIB | Generate libLLVM.so. This library contains a |
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| | default set of LLVM components that can be |
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| | overridden with ``LLVM_DYLIB_COMPONENTS``. The |
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| | default contains most of LLVM and is defined in |
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| | ``tools/llvm-shlib/CMakelists.txt``. |
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+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
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| LLVM_OPTIMIZED_TABLEGEN | Builds a release tablegen that gets used during |
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| | the LLVM build. This can dramatically speed up |
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| | debug builds. |
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+-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
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To configure LLVM, follow these steps:
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@ -733,47 +754,52 @@ To configure LLVM, follow these steps:
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% cd OBJ_ROOT
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#. Run the ``configure`` script located in the LLVM source tree:
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#. Run the ``cmake``:
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.. code-block:: console
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% SRC_ROOT/configure --prefix=/install/path [other options]
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% cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=prefix=/install/path
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[other options] SRC_ROOT
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Compiling the LLVM Suite Source Code
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------------------------------------
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Once you have configured LLVM, you can build it. There are three types of
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builds:
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Unlike with autotools, with CMake your build type is defined at configuration.
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If you want to change your build type, you can re-run cmake with the following
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invocation:
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Debug Builds
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.. code-block:: console
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These builds are the default when one is using a Subversion checkout and
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types ``gmake`` (unless the ``--enable-optimized`` option was used during
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configuration). The build system will compile the tools and libraries with
|
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debugging information. To get a Debug Build using the LLVM distribution the
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``--disable-optimized`` option must be passed to ``configure``.
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% cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=type SRC_ROOT
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Release (Optimized) Builds
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Between runs, CMake preserves the values set for all options. CMake has the
|
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following build types defined:
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These builds are enabled with the ``--enable-optimized`` option to
|
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``configure`` or by specifying ``ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=1`` on the ``gmake`` command
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line. For these builds, the build system will compile the tools and libraries
|
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with GCC optimizations enabled and strip debugging information from the
|
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libraries and executables it generates. Note that Release Builds are default
|
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when using an LLVM distribution.
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Debug
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Profile Builds
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These builds are the default. The build system will compile the tools and
|
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libraries unoptimized, with debugging information, and asserts enabled.
|
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|
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These builds are for use with profiling. They compile profiling information
|
||||
into the code for use with programs like ``gprof``. Profile builds must be
|
||||
started by specifying ``ENABLE_PROFILING=1`` on the ``gmake`` command line.
|
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Release
|
||||
|
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For these builds, the build system will compile the tools and libraries
|
||||
with optimizations enabled and not generate debug info. CMakes default
|
||||
optimization level is -O3. This can be configured by setting the
|
||||
``CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE`` variable on the CMake command line.
|
||||
|
||||
RelWithDebInfo
|
||||
|
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These builds are useful when debugging. They generate optimized binaries with
|
||||
debug information. CMakes default optimization level is -O2. This can be
|
||||
configured by setting the ``CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO`` variable on the
|
||||
CMake command line.
|
||||
|
||||
Once you have LLVM configured, you can build it by entering the *OBJ_ROOT*
|
||||
directory and issuing the following command:
|
||||
|
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.. code-block:: console
|
||||
|
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% gmake
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% make
|
||||
|
||||
If the build fails, please `check here`_ to see if you are using a version of
|
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GCC that is known not to compile LLVM.
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@ -784,110 +810,51 @@ command:
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|
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.. code-block:: console
|
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|
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% gmake -j2
|
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% make -j2
|
||||
|
||||
There are several special targets which are useful when working with the LLVM
|
||||
source code:
|
||||
|
||||
``gmake clean``
|
||||
``make clean``
|
||||
|
||||
Removes all files generated by the build. This includes object files,
|
||||
generated C/C++ files, libraries, and executables.
|
||||
|
||||
``gmake dist-clean``
|
||||
|
||||
Removes everything that ``gmake clean`` does, but also removes files generated
|
||||
by ``configure``. It attempts to return the source tree to the original state
|
||||
in which it was shipped.
|
||||
|
||||
``gmake install``
|
||||
``make install``
|
||||
|
||||
Installs LLVM header files, libraries, tools, and documentation in a hierarchy
|
||||
under ``$PREFIX``, specified with ``./configure --prefix=[dir]``, which
|
||||
under ``$PREFIX``, specified with ``CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX``, which
|
||||
defaults to ``/usr/local``.
|
||||
|
||||
``gmake -C runtime install-bytecode``
|
||||
``make docs-llvm-html``
|
||||
|
||||
Assuming you built LLVM into $OBJDIR, when this command is run, it will
|
||||
install bitcode libraries into the GCC front end's bitcode library directory.
|
||||
If you need to update your bitcode libraries, this is the target to use once
|
||||
you've built them.
|
||||
|
||||
Please see the `Makefile Guide <MakefileGuide.html>`_ for further details on
|
||||
these ``make`` targets and descriptions of other targets available.
|
||||
|
||||
It is also possible to override default values from ``configure`` by declaring
|
||||
variables on the command line. The following are some examples:
|
||||
|
||||
``gmake ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=1``
|
||||
|
||||
Perform a Release (Optimized) build.
|
||||
|
||||
``gmake ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=1 DISABLE_ASSERTIONS=1``
|
||||
|
||||
Perform a Release (Optimized) build without assertions enabled.
|
||||
|
||||
``gmake ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=0``
|
||||
|
||||
Perform a Debug build.
|
||||
|
||||
``gmake ENABLE_PROFILING=1``
|
||||
|
||||
Perform a Profiling build.
|
||||
|
||||
``gmake VERBOSE=1``
|
||||
|
||||
Print what ``gmake`` is doing on standard output.
|
||||
|
||||
``gmake TOOL_VERBOSE=1``
|
||||
|
||||
Ask each tool invoked by the makefiles to print out what it is doing on
|
||||
the standard output. This also implies ``VERBOSE=1``.
|
||||
|
||||
Every directory in the LLVM object tree includes a ``Makefile`` to build it and
|
||||
any subdirectories that it contains. Entering any directory inside the LLVM
|
||||
object tree and typing ``gmake`` should rebuild anything in or below that
|
||||
directory that is out of date.
|
||||
|
||||
This does not apply to building the documentation.
|
||||
LLVM's (non-Doxygen) documentation is produced with the
|
||||
`Sphinx <http://sphinx-doc.org/>`_ documentation generation system.
|
||||
There are some HTML documents that have not yet been converted to the new
|
||||
system (which uses the easy-to-read and easy-to-write
|
||||
`reStructuredText <http://sphinx-doc.org/rest.html>`_ plaintext markup
|
||||
language).
|
||||
The generated documentation is built in the ``SRC_ROOT/docs`` directory using
|
||||
a special makefile.
|
||||
For instructions on how to install Sphinx, see
|
||||
`Sphinx Introduction for LLVM Developers
|
||||
<http://lld.llvm.org/sphinx_intro.html>`_.
|
||||
After following the instructions there for installing Sphinx, build the LLVM
|
||||
HTML documentation by doing the following:
|
||||
|
||||
.. code-block:: console
|
||||
|
||||
$ cd SRC_ROOT/docs
|
||||
$ make -f Makefile.sphinx
|
||||
|
||||
This creates a ``_build/html`` sub-directory with all of the HTML files, not
|
||||
just the generated ones.
|
||||
This directory corresponds to ``llvm.org/docs``.
|
||||
For example, ``_build/html/SphinxQuickstartTemplate.html`` corresponds to
|
||||
``llvm.org/docs/SphinxQuickstartTemplate.html``.
|
||||
The :doc:`SphinxQuickstartTemplate` is useful when creating a new document.
|
||||
If configured with ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX=On``, this will generate a directory
|
||||
at ``OBJ_ROOT/docs/html`` which contains the HTML formatted documentation.
|
||||
|
||||
Cross-Compiling LLVM
|
||||
--------------------
|
||||
|
||||
It is possible to cross-compile LLVM itself. That is, you can create LLVM
|
||||
executables and libraries to be hosted on a platform different from the platform
|
||||
where they are built (a Canadian Cross build). To configure a cross-compile,
|
||||
supply the configure script with ``--build`` and ``--host`` options that are
|
||||
different. The values of these options must be legal target triples that your
|
||||
GCC compiler supports.
|
||||
where they are built (a Canadian Cross build). To generate build files for
|
||||
cross-compiling CMake provides a variable ``CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE`` which can
|
||||
define compiler flags and variables used during the CMake test operations.
|
||||
|
||||
The result of such a build is executables that are not runnable on on the build
|
||||
host (--build option) but can be executed on the compile host (--host option).
|
||||
host but can be executed on the target. As an example the following CMake
|
||||
invocation can generate build files targeting iOS. This will work on Mac OS X
|
||||
with the latest Xcode:
|
||||
|
||||
.. code-block:: console
|
||||
|
||||
% cmake -G "Ninja" -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=“armv7;armv7s;arm64"
|
||||
-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=<PATH_TO_LLVM>/cmake/platforms/iOS.cmake
|
||||
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DLLVM_BUILD_RUNTIME=Off -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=Off
|
||||
-DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=Off -DLLVM_ENABLE_BACKTRACES=Off [options]
|
||||
<PATH_TO_LLVM>
|
||||
|
||||
Note: There are some additional flags that need to be passed when building for
|
||||
iOS due to limitations in the iOS SDK.
|
||||
|
||||
Check :doc:`HowToCrossCompileLLVM` and `Clang docs on how to cross-compile in general
|
||||
<http://clang.llvm.org/docs/CrossCompilation.html>`_ for more information
|
||||
@ -908,44 +875,25 @@ This is accomplished in the typical autoconf manner:
|
||||
|
||||
% cd OBJ_ROOT
|
||||
|
||||
* Run the ``configure`` script found in the LLVM source directory:
|
||||
* Run ``cmake``:
|
||||
|
||||
.. code-block:: console
|
||||
|
||||
% SRC_ROOT/configure
|
||||
% cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" SRC_ROOT
|
||||
|
||||
The LLVM build will place files underneath *OBJ_ROOT* in directories named after
|
||||
the build type:
|
||||
The LLVM build will create a structure underneath *OBJ_ROOT* that matches the
|
||||
LLVM source tree. At each level where source files are present in the source
|
||||
tree there will be a corresponding ``CMakeFiles`` directory in the *OBJ_ROOT*.
|
||||
Underneath that directory there is another directory with a name ending in
|
||||
``.dir`` under which you'll find object files for each source.
|
||||
|
||||
Debug Builds with assertions enabled (the default)
|
||||
For example:
|
||||
|
||||
Tools
|
||||
.. code-block:: console
|
||||
|
||||
``OBJ_ROOT/Debug+Asserts/bin``
|
||||
|
||||
Libraries
|
||||
|
||||
``OBJ_ROOT/Debug+Asserts/lib``
|
||||
|
||||
Release Builds
|
||||
|
||||
Tools
|
||||
|
||||
``OBJ_ROOT/Release/bin``
|
||||
|
||||
Libraries
|
||||
|
||||
``OBJ_ROOT/Release/lib``
|
||||
|
||||
Profile Builds
|
||||
|
||||
Tools
|
||||
|
||||
``OBJ_ROOT/Profile/bin``
|
||||
|
||||
Libraries
|
||||
|
||||
``OBJ_ROOT/Profile/lib``
|
||||
% cd llvm_build_dir
|
||||
% find lib/Support/ -name APFloat*
|
||||
lib/Support/CMakeFiles/LLVMSupport.dir/APFloat.cpp.o
|
||||
|
||||
Optional Configuration Items
|
||||
----------------------------
|
||||
|
@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ representation.
|
||||
CommandGuide/index
|
||||
GettingStarted
|
||||
GettingStartedVS
|
||||
BuildingLLVMWithAutotools
|
||||
FAQ
|
||||
Lexicon
|
||||
HowToAddABuilder
|
||||
@ -105,6 +106,10 @@ representation.
|
||||
An addendum to the main Getting Started guide for those using Visual Studio
|
||||
on Windows.
|
||||
|
||||
:doc:`BuildingLLVMWithAutotools`
|
||||
An addendum to the Getting Started guide with instructions for building LLVM
|
||||
with the Autotools build system.
|
||||
|
||||
:doc:`tutorial/index`
|
||||
Tutorials about using LLVM. Includes a tutorial about making a custom
|
||||
language with LLVM.
|
||||
|
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Block a user