<li><a href="#quickstart">Getting Started Quickly (A Summary)</a>
<li><a href="#requirements">Requirements</a>
<ol>
- <li><a href="#hardware">Hardware</a>
- <li><a href="#software">Software</a>
- <li><a href="#brokengcc">Broken versions of GCC and other tools</a>
+ <li><a href="#hardware">Hardware</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#software">Software</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#brokengcc">Broken versions of GCC and other tools</a></li>
</ol></li>
<li><a href="#starting">Getting Started with LLVM</a>
<ol>
- <li><a href="#terminology">Terminology and Notation</a>
- <li><a href="#environment">Setting Up Your Environment</a>
- <li><a href="#unpack">Unpacking the LLVM Archives</a>
- <li><a href="#checkout">Checkout LLVM from Subversion</a>
- <li><a href="#installcf">Install the GCC Front End</a>
- <li><a href="#config">Local LLVM Configuration</a>
- <li><a href="#compile">Compiling the LLVM Suite Source Code</a>
- <li><a href="#cross-compile">Cross-Compiling LLVM</a>
- <li><a href="#objfiles">The Location of LLVM Object Files</a>
- <li><a href="#optionalconfig">Optional Configuration Items</a>
+ <li><a href="#terminology">Terminology and Notation</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#environment">Setting Up Your Environment</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#unpack">Unpacking the LLVM Archives</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#checkout">Checkout LLVM from Subversion</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#installcf">Install the GCC Front End</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#config">Local LLVM Configuration</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#compile">Compiling the LLVM Suite Source Code</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#cross-compile">Cross-Compiling LLVM</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#objfiles">The Location of LLVM Object Files</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#optionalconfig">Optional Configuration Items</a></li>
</ol></li>
<li><a href="#layout">Program layout</a>
<ol>
- <li><a href="#examples"><tt>llvm/examples</tt></a>
- <li><a href="#include"><tt>llvm/include</tt></a>
- <li><a href="#lib"><tt>llvm/lib</tt></a>
- <li><a href="#projects"><tt>llvm/projects</tt></a>
- <li><a href="#runtime"><tt>llvm/runtime</tt></a>
- <li><a href="#test"><tt>llvm/test</tt></a>
- <li><a href="#llvmtest"><tt>llvm-test</tt></a>
- <li><a href="#tools"><tt>llvm/tools</tt></a>
- <li><a href="#utils"><tt>llvm/utils</tt></a>
- <li><a href="#win32"><tt>llvm/win32</tt></a>
+ <li><a href="#examples"><tt>llvm/examples</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#include"><tt>llvm/include</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#lib"><tt>llvm/lib</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#projects"><tt>llvm/projects</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#runtime"><tt>llvm/runtime</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#test"><tt>llvm/test</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#llvmtest"><tt>llvm-test</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#tools"><tt>llvm/tools</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#utils"><tt>llvm/utils</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#win32"><tt>llvm/win32</tt></a></li>
</ol></li>
<li><a href="#tutorial">An Example Using the LLVM Tool Chain</a>
<p>First, LLVM comes in two pieces. The first piece is the LLVM suite. This
contains all of the tools, libraries, and header files needed to use the low
-level virtual machine. It contains an assembler, disassembler, bytecode
-analyzer and bytecode optimizer. It also contains a test suite that can be
+level virtual machine. It contains an assembler, disassembler, bitcode
+analyzer and bitcode optimizer. It also contains a test suite that can be
used to test the LLVM tools and the GCC front end.</p>
<p>The second piece is the GCC front end. This component provides a version of
-GCC that compiles C and C++ code into LLVM bytecode. Currently, the GCC front
+GCC that compiles C and C++ code into LLVM bitcode. Currently, the GCC front
end uses the GCC parser to convert code to LLVM. Once
-compiled into LLVM bytecode, a program can be manipulated with the LLVM tools
+compiled into LLVM bitcode, a program can be manipulated with the LLVM tools
from the LLVM suite.</p>
<p>
<li>Read the documentation.</li>
<li>Read the documentation.</li>
<li>Remember that you were warned twice about reading the documentation.</li>
- <li>Install the GCC front end if you intend to compile C or C++:
+ <li>Install the llvm-gcc4.2 front end if you intend to compile C or C++:
<ol>
<li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-the-C-front-end-to-live</i></tt></li>
<li><tt>gunzip --stdout llvm-gcc.<i>platform</i>.tar.gz | tar -xvf -</tt>
</li>
- <li><tt>cd llvm-gcc3.4/<i>platform</i> (llvm-gcc3.4 only)<br>
- ./fixheaders</tt></li>
+ <ul><li>If the binary extension is ".bz" use bunzip2 instead of gunzip.</li>
+ </ul>
<li>Add llvm-gcc's "bin" directory to your PATH variable.</li>
</ol></li>
<td>GCC</td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <td>MacOS X<sup><a href="#pf_2">2</a></sup></td>
+ <td>MacOS X<sup><a href="#pf_2">2</a>,<a href="#pf_9">9</a></sup></td>
<td>x86</td>
<td>GCC</td>
future. We highly recommend that you rebuild your current binutils with the
patch from <a href="http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2659">
Binutils bugzilla</a>, if it wasn't already applied.</li>
+<li><a name="pf_9">XCode 2.5 and gcc 4.0.1 (Apple Build 5370) will trip
+ internal LLVM assert messages when compiled for Release at optimization
+ levels greater than 0 (i.e., <i>“-O1”</i> and higher).
+ Add <i>OPTIMIZE_OPTION="-O0"</i> to the build command line
+ if compiling for LLVM Release or bootstrapping the LLVM toolchain.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<p>The LLVM suite <i>may</i> compile on other platforms, but it is not
guaranteed to do so. If compilation is successful, the LLVM utilities should be
-able to assemble, disassemble, analyze, and optimize LLVM bytecode. Code
+able to assemble, disassemble, analyze, and optimize LLVM bitcode. Code
generation should work as well, although the generated native code may not work
on your platform.</p>
<p>The GCC front end is not very portable at the moment. If you want to get it
to work on another platform, you can download a copy of the source and <a
-href="CFEBuildInstrs.html">try to compile it</a> on your platform.</p>
+href="GCCFEBuildInstrs.html">try to compile it</a> on your platform.</p>
</div>
<li><b>date</b> - print the current date/time </li>
<li><b>echo</b> - print to standard output</li>
<li><b>egrep</b> - extended regular expression search utility</li>
- <li><b>etags</b> - C/C++ tag file creator for vim/emacs</li>
<li><b>find</b> - find files/dirs in a file system</li>
<li><b>grep</b> - regular expression search utility</li>
<li><b>gzip*</b> - gzip command for distribution generation</li>
problems in the STL that effectively prevent it from compiling LLVM.
</p>
-<p><b>GCC 3.2.2</b>: This version of GCC fails to compile LLVM.</p>
+<p><b>GCC 3.2.2 and 3.2.3</b>: These versions of GCC fails to compile LLVM with
+a bogus template error. This was fixed in later GCCs.</p>
<p><b>GCC 3.3.2</b>: This version of GCC suffered from a <a
href="http://gcc.gnu.org/PR13392">serious bug</a> which causes it to crash in
the "<tt>convert_from_eh_region_ranges_1</tt>" GCC function.</p>
<p><b>Cygwin GCC 3.3.3</b>: The version of GCC 3.3.3 commonly shipped with
- Cygwin does not work. Please <a href="CFEBuildInstrs.html#cygwin">upgrade
+ Cygwin does not work. Please <a href="GCCFEBuildInstrs.html#cygwin">upgrade
to a newer version</a> if possible.</p>
<p><b>SuSE GCC 3.3.3</b>: The version of GCC 3.3.3 shipped with SuSE 9.1 (and
possibly others) does not compile LLVM correctly (it appears that exception
handling is broken in some cases). Please download the FSF 3.3.3 or upgrade
to a newer version of GCC.</p>
-<p><b>GCC 3.4.0</b> on linux/x86 (32-bit)</b>: GCC miscompiles portions of the
+<p><b>GCC 3.4.0 on linux/x86 (32-bit)</b>: GCC miscompiles portions of the
code generator, causing an infinite loop in the llvm-gcc build when built
with optimizations enabled (i.e. a release build).</p>
-<p><b>GCC 3.4.2</b> on linux/x86 (32-bit)</b>: GCC miscompiles portions of the
+<p><b>GCC 3.4.2 on linux/x86 (32-bit)</b>: GCC miscompiles portions of the
code generator at -O3, as with 3.4.0. However gcc 3.4.2 (unlike 3.4.0)
correctly compiles LLVM at -O2. A work around is to build release LLVM
builds with "make ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=1 OPTIMIZE_OPTION=-O2 ..."</p>
-<p><b>GCC 3.4.x</b> on X86-64/amd64</b>: GCC <a href="http://llvm.org/PR1056">
+<p><b>GCC 3.4.x on X86-64/amd64</b>: GCC <a href="http://llvm.org/PR1056">
miscompiles portions of LLVM</a>.</p>
+<p><b>GCC 3.4.4 (CodeSourcery ARM 2005q3-2)</b>: this compiler miscompiles LLVM
+ when building with optimizations enabled. It appears to work with
+ "<tt>make ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=1 OPTIMIZE_OPTION=-O1</tt>" or build a debug
+ build.</p>
<p><b>IA-64 GCC 4.0.0</b>: The IA-64 version of GCC 4.0.0 is known to
miscompile LLVM.</p>
<p><b>Apple Xcode 2.3</b>: GCC crashes when compiling LLVM at -O3 (which is the
variables.
<dl>
- <dt><tt>LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH</tt>=<tt>/path/to/your/bytecode/libs</tt></dt>
+ <dt><tt>LLVM_LIB_SEARCH_PATH</tt>=<tt>/path/to/your/bitcode/libs</tt></dt>
<dd>[Optional] This environment variable helps LLVM linking tools find the
- locations of your bytecode libraries. It is provided only as a
+ locations of your bitcode libraries. It is provided only as a
convenience since you can specify the paths using the -L options of the
- tools and the C/C++ front-end will automatically use the bytecode files
+ tools and the C/C++ front-end will automatically use the bitcode files
installed in its
<tt>lib</tt> directory.</dd>
</dl>
test directories, and local copies of documentation files.</p>
<p>If you want to get a specific release (as opposed to the most recent
-revision), you can specify a label. The following releases have the following
-labels:</p>
+revision), you can checkout it from the '<tt>tags</tt>' directory (instead of
+'<tt>trunk</tt>'). The following releases are located in the following
+ subdirectories of the '<tt>tags</tt>' directory:</p>
<ul>
+<li>Release 2.3: <b>RELEASE_23</b></li>
+<li>Release 2.2: <b>RELEASE_22</b></li>
+<li>Release 2.1: <b>RELEASE_21</b></li>
<li>Release 2.0: <b>RELEASE_20</b></li>
<li>Release 1.9: <b>RELEASE_19</b></li>
<li>Release 1.8: <b>RELEASE_18</b></li>
<p>If you would like to get the LLVM test suite (a separate package as of 1.4),
you get it from the Subversion repository:</p>
+
+<div class="doc_code">
<pre>
- cd llvm/projects
- svn so http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/trunk test-suite
+% cd llvm/projects
+% svn co http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/trunk llvm-test
</pre>
+</div>
+
<p>By placing it in the <tt>llvm/projects</tt>, it will be automatically
configured by the LLVM configure script as well as automatically updated when
you run <tt>svn update</tt>.</p>
<p>If you would like to get the GCC front end source code, you can also get it
-and build it yourself. Please follow <a href="CFEBuildInstrs.html">these
+and build it yourself. Please follow <a href="GCCFEBuildInstrs.html">these
instructions</a> to successfully get and build the LLVM GCC front-end.</p>
</div>
<p>Before configuring and compiling the LLVM suite, you can optionally extract the
LLVM GCC front end from the binary distribution. It is used for running the
llvm-test testsuite and for compiling C/C++ programs. Note that you can optionally
-<a href="CFEBuildInstrs.html">build llvm-gcc yourself</a> after building the
+<a href="GCCFEBuildInstrs.html">build llvm-gcc yourself</a> after building the
main LLVM repository.</p>
<p>To install the GCC front end, do the following:</p>
linked with libraries not available on your system.</p>
<p>In cases like these, you may want to try <a
-href="CFEBuildInstrs.html">building the GCC front end from source.</a> This is
+href="GCCFEBuildInstrs.html">building the GCC front end from source.</a> This is
much easier now than it was in the past.</p>
</div>
will fail as these libraries require llvm-gcc and llvm-g++. See
<a href="#installcf">Install the GCC Front End</a> for details on installing
the C/C++ Front End. See
- <a href="CFEBuildInstrs.html">Bootstrapping the LLVM C/C++ Front-End</a>
+ <a href="GCCFEBuildInstrs.html">Bootstrapping the LLVM C/C++ Front-End</a>
for details on building the C/C++ Front End.</dd>
<dt><i>--with-tclinclude</i></dt>
<dd>Path to the tcl include directory under which <tt>tclsh</tt> can be
<p>To configure LLVM, follow these steps:</p>
<ol>
- <li>Change directory into the object root directory:
- <br>
- <tt>cd <i>OBJ_ROOT</i></tt>
- <br><br>
+ <li><p>Change directory into the object root directory:</p>
- <li>Run the <tt>configure</tt> script located in the LLVM source tree:
- <br>
- <tt><i>SRC_ROOT</i>/configure --prefix=/install/path [other options]</tt>
- <br><br>
+ <div class="doc_code"><pre>% cd <i>OBJ_ROOT</i></pre></div></li>
+
+ <li><p>Run the <tt>configure</tt> script located in the LLVM source
+ tree:</p>
+
+ <div class="doc_code">
+ <pre>% <i>SRC_ROOT</i>/configure --prefix=/install/path [other options]</pre>
+ </div></li>
</ol>
</div>
<p>Once you have LLVM configured, you can build it by entering the
<i>OBJ_ROOT</i> directory and issuing the following command:</p>
-<p><tt>gmake</tt></p>
+<div class="doc_code"><pre>% gmake</pre></div>
<p>If the build fails, please <a href="#brokengcc">check here</a> to see if you
are using a version of GCC that is known not to compile LLVM.</p>
the parallel build options provided by GNU Make. For example, you could use the
command:</p>
-<p><tt>gmake -j2</tt></p>
+<div class="doc_code"><pre>% gmake -j2</pre></div>
<p>There are several special targets which are useful when working with the LLVM
source code:</p>
<dt><tt>gmake -C runtime install-bytecode</tt>
<dd>
Assuming you built LLVM into $OBJDIR, when this command is run, it will
- install bytecode libraries into the GCC front end's bytecode library
- directory. If you need to update your bytecode libraries,
+ 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.
<br><br>
</dl>
<ul>
<li><p>Change directory to where the LLVM object files should live:</p>
- <p><tt>cd <i>OBJ_ROOT</i></tt></p></li>
+ <div class="doc_code"><pre>% cd <i>OBJ_ROOT</i></pre></div></li>
<li><p>Run the <tt>configure</tt> script found in the LLVM source
directory:</p>
- <p><tt><i>SRC_ROOT</i>/configure</tt></p></li>
+ <div class="doc_code"><pre>% <i>SRC_ROOT</i>/configure</pre></div></li>
</ul>
<p>The LLVM build will place files underneath <i>OBJ_ROOT</i> in directories
<p>
If you're running on a Linux system that supports the "<a
- href="http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~rguenth/linux/binfmt_misc.html">
- binfmt_misc</a>"
+href="http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/~rguenth/linux/binfmt_misc.html">binfmt_misc</a>"
module, and you have root access on the system, you can set your system up to
-execute LLVM bytecode files directly. To do this, use commands like this (the
+execute LLVM bitcode files directly. To do this, use commands like this (the
first command may not be required if you are already using the module):</p>
<div class="doc_code">
<pre>
- $ mount -t binfmt_misc none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
- $ echo ':llvm:M::llvm::/path/to/lli:' > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
- $ chmod u+x hello.bc (if needed)
- $ ./hello.bc
+$ mount -t binfmt_misc none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
+$ echo ':llvm:M::llvm::/path/to/lli:' > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
+$ chmod u+x hello.bc (if needed)
+$ ./hello.bc
</pre>
</div>
<p>
-This allows you to execute LLVM bytecode files directly. Thanks to Jack
+This allows you to execute LLVM bitcode files directly. Thanks to Jack
Cummings for pointing this out!
</p>
<dd>This directory holds the source code for the LLVM assembly language parser
library.</dd>
- <dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/ByteCode/</b></tt></dt>
- <dd>This directory holds code for reading and write LLVM bytecode.</dd>
+ <dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/BitCode/</b></tt></dt>
+ <dd>This directory holds code for reading and write LLVM bitcode.</dd>
<dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/Analysis/</b></tt><dd>This directory contains a variety of
different program analyses, such as Dominator Information, Call Graphs,
source code locations at which the program is executing.</dd>
<dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/ExecutionEngine/</b></tt></dt>
- <dd> This directory contains libraries for executing LLVM bytecode directly
+ <dd> This directory contains libraries for executing LLVM bitcode directly
at runtime in both interpreted and JIT compiled fashions.</dd>
<dt><tt><b>llvm/lib/Support/</b></tt></dt>
<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="runtime"><tt>llvm/runtime</tt></a></div>
<div class="doc_text">
-<p>This directory contains libraries which are compiled into LLVM bytecode and
+<p>This directory contains libraries which are compiled into LLVM bitcode and
used when linking programs with the GCC front end. Most of these libraries are
skeleton versions of real libraries; for example, libc is a stripped down
version of glibc.</p>
be configured to utilize both LLVM and non-LLVM compilation tools to enable
pre-processing, translation, optimization, assembly, and linking of programs
all from one command line. <tt>llvmc</tt> also takes care of processing the
- dependent libraries found in bytecode. This reduces the need to get the
+ dependent libraries found in bitcode. This reduces the need to get the
traditional <tt>-l<name></tt> options right on the command line. Please
note that this tool, while functional, is still experimental and not feature
complete.</dd>
<dt><tt><b>llvm-ar</b></tt></dt>
<dd>The archiver produces an archive containing
- the given LLVM bytecode files, optionally with an index for faster
+ the given LLVM bitcode files, optionally with an index for faster
lookup.</dd>
<dt><tt><b>llvm-as</b></tt></dt>
<dd>The assembler transforms the human readable LLVM assembly to LLVM
- bytecode.</dd>
+ bitcode.</dd>
<dt><tt><b>llvm-dis</b></tt></dt>
- <dd>The disassembler transforms the LLVM bytecode to human readable
+ <dd>The disassembler transforms the LLVM bitcode to human readable
LLVM assembly.</dd>
<dt><tt><b>llvm-ld</b></tt></dt>
<dt><tt><b>lli</b></tt></dt>
<dd><tt>lli</tt> is the LLVM interpreter, which
- can directly execute LLVM bytecode (although very slowly...). In addition
- to a simple interpreter, <tt>lli</tt> also has a tracing mode (entered by
- specifying <tt>-trace</tt> on the command line). Finally, for
- architectures that support it (currently x86, Sparc, and PowerPC), by default,
- <tt>lli</tt> will function as a Just-In-Time compiler (if the
- functionality was compiled in), and will execute the code <i>much</i>
- faster than the interpreter.</dd>
+ can directly execute LLVM bitcode (although very slowly...). For architectures
+ that support it (currently x86, Sparc, and PowerPC), by default, <tt>lli</tt>
+ will function as a Just-In-Time compiler (if the functionality was compiled
+ in), and will execute the code <i>much</i> faster than the interpreter.</dd>
<dt><tt><b>llc</b></tt></dt>
<dd> <tt>llc</tt> is the LLVM backend compiler, which
- translates LLVM bytecode to a native code assembly file or to C code (with
+ translates LLVM bitcode to a native code assembly file or to C code (with
the -march=c option).</dd>
<dt><tt><b>llvm-gcc</b></tt></dt>
<dd><tt>llvm-gcc</tt> is a GCC-based C frontend that has been retargeted to
use LLVM as its backend instead of GCC's RTL backend. It can also emit LLVM
- byte code or assembly (with the <tt>-emit-llvm</tt> option) instead of the
+ bitcode or assembly (with the <tt>-emit-llvm</tt> option) instead of the
usual machine code output. It works just like any other GCC compiler,
taking the typical <tt>-c, -S, -E, -o</tt> options that are typically used.
Additionally, the the source code for <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> is available as a
separate Subversion module.</dd>
<dt><tt><b>opt</b></tt></dt>
- <dd><tt>opt</tt> reads LLVM bytecode, applies a series of LLVM to LLVM
+ <dd><tt>opt</tt> reads LLVM bitcode, applies a series of LLVM to LLVM
transformations (which are specified on the command line), and then outputs
- the resultant bytecode. The '<tt>opt --help</tt>' command is a good way to
+ the resultant bitcode. The '<tt>opt --help</tt>' command is a good way to
get a list of the program transformations available in LLVM.<br/>
<dd><tt>opt</tt> can also be used to run a specific analysis on an input
- LLVM bytecode file and print out the results. It is primarily useful for
+ LLVM bitcode file and print out the results. It is primarily useful for
debugging analyses, or familiarizing yourself with what an analysis does.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<p><b>Note:</b> The <i>gcc4</i> frontend's invocation is <b><i>considerably different</i></b>
from the previous <i>gcc3</i> frontend. In particular, the <i>gcc4</i> frontend <b><i>does not</i></b>
-create bytecode by default: <i>gcc4</i> produces native code. As the example below illustrates,
-the '--emit-llvm' flag is needed to produce LLVM bytecode output. For <i>makefiles</i> and
-<i>configure</i> scripts, the CFLAGS variable needs '--emit-llvm' to produce bytecode
+create bitcode by default: <i>gcc4</i> produces native code. As the example below illustrates,
+the '--emit-llvm' flag is needed to produce LLVM bitcode output. For <i>makefiles</i> and
+<i>configure</i> scripts, the CFLAGS variable needs '--emit-llvm' to produce bitcode
output.</p>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<ol>
- <li>First, create a simple C file, name it 'hello.c':
- <pre>
- #include <stdio.h>
- int main() {
- printf("hello world\n");
- return 0;
- }
- </pre></li>
+ <li><p>First, create a simple C file, name it 'hello.c':</p>
+
+<div class="doc_code">
+<pre>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main() {
+ printf("hello world\n");
+ return 0;
+}
+</pre></div></li>
<li><p>Next, compile the C file into a native executable:</p>
- <p><tt>% llvm-gcc hello.c -o hello</tt></p>
+ <div class="doc_code"><pre>% llvm-gcc hello.c -o hello</pre></div>
<p>Note that llvm-gcc works just like GCC by default. The standard -S and
-c arguments work as usual (producing a native .s or .o file,
- respectively). </p>
+ respectively).</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Next, compile the C file into a LLVM bitcode file:</p>
- <li><p>Next, compile the C file into a LLVM bytecode file:</p>
- <p><tt>% llvm-gcc -O3 -emit-llvm hello.c -c -o hello.bc</tt></p>
+ <div class="doc_code">
+ <pre>% llvm-gcc -O3 -emit-llvm hello.c -c -o hello.bc</pre></div>
<p>The -emit-llvm option can be used with the -S or -c options to emit an
LLVM ".ll" or ".bc" file (respectively) for the code. This allows you
to use the <a href="CommandGuide/index.html">standard LLVM tools</a> on
- the bytecode file.</p>
+ the bitcode file.</p>
<p>Unlike llvm-gcc3, llvm-gcc4 correctly responds to -O[0123] arguments.
</p></li>
<li><p>Run the program in both forms. To run the program, use:</p>
- <p><tt>% ./hello</tt></p>
+ <div class="doc_code"><pre>% ./hello</pre></div>
<p>and</p>
- <p><tt>% lli hello.bc</tt></p>
+ <div class="doc_code"><pre>% lli hello.bc</pre></div>
<p>The second examples shows how to invoke the LLVM JIT, <a
href="CommandGuide/html/lli.html">lli</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Use the <tt>llvm-dis</tt> utility to take a look at the LLVM assembly
code:</p>
- <p><tt>% llvm-dis < hello.bc | less</tt><br><br></li>
+<div class="doc_code">
+<pre>llvm-dis < hello.bc | less</pre>
+</div></li>
<li><p>Compile the program to native assembly using the LLC code
generator:</p>
- <p><tt>% llc hello.bc -o hello.s</tt></p>
+ <div class="doc_code"><pre>% llc hello.bc -o hello.s</pre></div></li>
<li><p>Assemble the native assembly language file into a program:</p>
- <p><b>Solaris:</b><tt>% /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -xarch=v9 hello.s -o hello.native</tt></p>
- <p><b>Others:</b><tt>% gcc hello.s -o hello.native</tt></p>
+<div class="doc_code">
+<pre>
+<b>Solaris:</b> % /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -xarch=v9 hello.s -o hello.native
+
+<b>Others:</b> % gcc hello.s -o hello.native
+</pre>
+</div></li>
<li><p>Execute the native code program:</p>
- <p><tt>% ./hello.native</tt></p>
+ <div class="doc_code"><pre>% ./hello.native</pre></div>
<p>Note that using llvm-gcc to compile directly to native code (i.e. when
the -emit-llvm option is not present) does steps 6/7/8 for you.</p>