[kde-solaris] Compiler support
Derek Konigsberg
octo at logicprobe.org
Thu May 10 20:31:56 CEST 2007
I should also mention that Sun now has a version of GCC 4.x on their
website that is back-ended with their SPARC code generator. In other
words, a version of GCC that probably produces much better binary output
for SPARC than the normal GCC.
-Derek
On Thu, 10 May 2007, Lars Tunkrans wrote:
> Ananth A wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> i am new to this list and was going through some of the list archives.
>>
>> i have a question regarding which compiler to use/support for kde
>> since i couldnt figure out if a consensus was reached or not.
>>
>> gcc, suncc or both ?
>>
>> before i start compiling/testing the kde sources, which compiler would
>> you recommend to use ???
>>
>> i am assuming that gcc/g++ would be easier since most of linux/bsd
>> folks would use gcc and would require less patch work of the default
>> svn code.
>>
>> does opensolaris require full support compiled under sun studio also
>> for running kde or would a binary from gcc be good enough ??
>>
>> is there any technical advantage of using one compiler over the other ??
>>
>>
>> i am currently running belenix on an athlon xp machine.
>>
>>
>
> Lots of people have compiled KDE with GCC including myself.
> It is not difficult, basically no Patches at all is needed not
> even using a SPARC workstation.
>
>
> GCC is included in Solaris/OpenSolaris as /usr/sfw/bin/gcc
>
> $ uname -a
> SunOS shuttle 5.11 snv_63 i86pc i386 i86pc
> $ pwd
> /usr/sfw/bin
> $ ./gcc -v
> Reading specs from /usr/sfw/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.11/3.4.3/specs
> Configured with: /builds1/sfwnv-gate/usr/src/cmd/gcc/gcc-3.4.3/configure
> --prefix=/usr/sfw --with-as=/usr/sfw/bin/gas --with-gnu-as
> --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --without-gnu-ld
> --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,objc --enable-shared
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-20050802)
>
>
> Sun's Studio Compilers ( which are now free for Sun Devloper Network
> members )
> http://developers.sun.com/sunstudio/downloads/
>
> And also included in Solaris Express Developer Edition
>
> $ cd /opt/SUNWspro/bin
> $ ./cc -V
> cc: Sun C 5.9 SunOS_i386 Build40_1 2007/02/08
>
>
> The studio compilers has always generated faster binaries than GCC
> although GCC has picked up speed during the latter years.
>
> The latest Studio 11 and Studio 12 ( Beta ) releases have
> rolled out
> Improved support for AMD processors including SSE2/3DNOW support ,
> small and medium Memory models ( medium is for apps larger than 2
> GB memory footprint )
> and automatic parallelization of code for multicore CPU systems.
>
>
> Stefan Teleman has literally spent years at building KDE with
> sunstudio and you will find
> links to where all his pathces are held in the KDE-Solaris mailing
> list archives.
>
> //Lars
>
>
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http://hecgeek.blogspot.com
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