Experimental support for clang for sparc64.

Automatically discover command line options to make clang and
gcc behave in same way.

Tested with qemu.

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index afbb660..846ac38 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ configuring the GRUB.
   Note: older versions may work but support is limited
 
   Experimental support for clang 3.3 or later (results in much bigger binaries)
-  for i386, x86_64, arm (except thumb), arm64, mips(el), powerpc
+  for i386, x86_64, arm (except thumb), arm64, mips(el), powerpc, sparc64
   Note: clang 3.2 or later works for i386 and x86_64 targets but results in
         much bigger binaries.
        earlier versions not tested
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ configuring the GRUB.
        fail.
   Note: clang 3.2 or later works for powerpc
        earlier versions not tested
-  Note: clang doesn't support -mno-app-regs and so can't be used for sparc64
+  Note: clang 3.5 or later works for sparc64
+        earlier versions return "error: unable to interface with target machine"
   Note: clang has no support for ia64 and hence you can't compile GRUB
        for ia64 with clang
 * GNU Make

diff --git a/conf/Makefile.common b/conf/Makefile.common
index 66c9fdb..8861096 100644 (file)
--- a/conf/Makefile.common
+++ b/conf/Makefile.common
@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@ unexport LC_ALL
 
 # Platform specific options
 if COND_sparc64_ieee1275
-  CFLAGS_PLATFORM += -mno-app-regs
-  LDFLAGS_PLATFORM = -Wl,-melf64_sparc -mno-relax
-endif
-if COND_sparc64_emu
-  CFLAGS_PLATFORM += -mno-app-regs
-  LDFLAGS_PLATFORM = -Wl,--no-relax
+  LDFLAGS_PLATFORM = -Wl,-melf64_sparc
 endif
 if COND_arm
 if !COND_emu

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 10a6bf9..4d59fbe 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -717,6 +717,55 @@ if test x"$platform" != xemu ; then
   TARGET_CCASFLAGS="$TARGET_CCASFLAGS $grub_cv_target_cc_soft_float"
 fi
 
+if test x"$target_cpu" = xsparc64 ; then
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for options to reserve application registers], grub_cv_target_cc_mno_app_regs, [
+    grub_cv_target_cc_mno_app_regs=no
+    for cand in "-mllvm -sparc-reserve-app-registers" \
+               "-mno-app-regs"; do
+      if test x"$grub_cv_target_cc_mno_app_regs" != xno ; then
+        break
+      fi
+      CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS $cand -Werror"
+      AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]], [[]])],
+                       [grub_cv_target_cc_mno_app_regs="$cand"], [])
+    done
+  ])
+
+  if test x"$grub_cv_target_cc_mno_app_regs" = xno ; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([could not reserve application registers])
+  fi
+  if test x"$grub_cv_target_cc_mno_app_regs" = x"-mllvm -sparc-reserve-app-registers" ; then
+    # A trick so that clang doesn't see it on link stаge
+    TARGET_CPPFLAGS="$TARGET_CPPFLAGS $grub_cv_target_cc_mno_app_regs"
+  else
+    TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS $grub_cv_target_cc_mno_app_regs"
+  fi
+
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for no-relax options], grub_cv_target_cc_mno_relax, [
+    grub_cv_target_cc_mno_relax=no
+    for cand in "-mno-relax" "-Wl,--no-relax"; do
+      if test x"$grub_cv_target_cc_mno_relax" != xno ; then
+        break
+      fi
+      LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS $cand -nostdlib -static"
+      CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -Werror"
+      AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+           asm (".globl start; start:");
+           void __main (void);
+           void __main (void) {}
+           int main (void);
+           ]], [[]])], [grub_cv_target_cc_mno_relax="$cand"], [])
+    done
+  ])
+  LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS"
+  CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS"
+
+  if test x"$grub_cv_target_cc_mno_relax" = xno ; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find no-relax options])
+  fi
+  TARGET_LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS $grub_cv_target_cc_mno_relax"
+fi
+
 # By default, GCC 4.4 generates .eh_frame sections containing unwind
 # information in some cases where it previously did not. GRUB doesn't need
 # these and they just use up vital space. Restore the old compiler
@@ -918,7 +967,7 @@ AC_SUBST(TARGET_LDFLAGS_OLDMAGIC)
 
 LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS"
 
-if test "$target_cpu" = x86_64 || test "$target_cpu-$platform" = sparc64-emu ; then
+if test "$target_cpu" = x86_64 || test "$target_cpu" = sparc64 ; then
   # Use large model to support 4G memory
   AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether option -mcmodel=large works], grub_cv_cc_mcmodel, [
     CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -mcmodel=large"
@@ -928,7 +977,7 @@ if test "$target_cpu" = x86_64 || test "$target_cpu-$platform" = sparc64-emu ; t
   ])
   if test "x$grub_cv_cc_mcmodel" = xyes; then
     TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -mcmodel=large"
-  elif test "$target_cpu-$platform" = sparc64-emu; then
+  elif test "$target_cpu" = sparc64; then
     TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -mcmodel=medany"
   fi
 fi