<li><a href="#general">General Concepts</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="#projects">Projects</a></li>
- <li><a href="#Makefile">Makefile</a></li>
- <li><a href="#Makefile.common">Makefile.common</a></li>
- <li><a href="#Makefile.config">Makefile.config</a></li>
- <li><a href="#Makefile.rules">Makefile.rules</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#varvals">Variable Values</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#including">Including Makefiles</a>
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#Makefile">Makefile</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Makefile.common">Makefile.common</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Makefile.config">Makefile.config</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Makefile.rules">Makefile.rules</a></li>
+ </ol>
+ </li>
<li><a href="#Comments">Comments</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
+ <li><a href="#tutorial">Tutorial</a>
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#libraries">Libraries</a>
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#Modules">Bytecode Modules</a></li>
+ </ol>
+ </li>
+ <li><a href="#tools">Tools</a>
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#JIT">JIT Tools</a></li>
+ </ol>
+ </li>
+ <li><a href="#projects">Projects</a></li>
+ </ol>
+ </li>
<li><a href="#targets">Targets Supported</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="#all">all</a></li>
<li><a href="#dist-check">dist-check</a></li>
<li><a href="#dist-clean">dist-clean</a></li>
<li><a href="#install">install</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#preconditions">preconditions</a></li>
<li><a href="#printvars">printvars</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#reconfigure">reconfigure</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#spotless">spotless</a></li>
<li><a href="#tags">tags</a></li>
<li><a href="#uninstall">uninstall</a></li>
</ol>
<p>This document provides <em>usage</em> information about the LLVM makefile
system. While loosely patterned after the BSD makefile system, LLVM has taken
a departure from BSD in order to implement additional features needed by LLVM.
- </p>
- <p>Although makefile systems such as automake were attempted at one point, it
- has become clear that the differences between the LLVM way of doing things and
- the Makefile norm are too great to use a more limited tool. Consequently, LLVM requires
- simply GNU Make 3.79, a widely portably makefile processor. LLVM unabashedly
- makes heavy use of the features of GNU Make so the dependency on GNU Make is
- firm. If you're not familiar with <tt>make</tt>, it is recommended that you
- read the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html">
- GNU Makefile Manual</a>.</p>
+ Although makefile systems such as automake were attempted at one point, it
+ has become clear that the features needed by LLVM and the Makefile norm are
+ too great to use a more limited tool. Consequently, LLVM requires simply GNU
+ Make 3.79, a widely portable makefile processor. LLVM unabashedly makes heavy
+ use of the features of GNU Make so the dependency on GNU Make is firm. If
+ you're not familiar with <tt>make</tt>, it is recommended that you read the
+ <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html">GNU Makefile Manual
+ </a>.</p>
<p>While this document is rightly part of the
<a href="ProgrammersManual.html">LLVM Programmer's Manual</a>, it is treated
separately here because of the volume of content and because it is often an
<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
<div class="doc_text">
- <p>The LLVM makefile system is the component of LLVM that is responsible for
- building the software, testing it, generating distributions, rpms and other
- packages, installing and uninstalling, etc.</p>
+ <p>The LLVM Makefile System is the component of LLVM that is responsible for
+ building the software, testing it, generating distributions, checking those
+ distributions, installing and uninstalling, etc. It consists of a several
+ files throughout the source tree. These files and other general concepts are
+ described in this section.</p>
</div>
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
software, but it can build yours too. Built into the system is knowledge of
the <tt>llvm/projects</tt> directory. Any directory under <tt>projects</tt>
that has both a <tt>configure</tt> script and a <tt>Makefile</tt> is assumed
- to be a project that uses the LLVM Makefile system. This allows your project
+ to be a project that uses the LLVM Makefile system. Building software that
+ uses LLVM does not require the LLVM Makefile System nor even placement in the
+ <tt>llvm/projects</tt> directory. However, doing so will allow your project
to get up and running quickly by utilizing the built-in features that are used
- to compile LLVM.</p>
+ to compile LLVM. LLVM compiles itself using the same features of the makefile
+ system as used for projects.</p>
+ <p>For complete details on setting up your projects configuration, simply
+ mimic the <tt>llvm/projects/sample</tt> project or for further details,
+ consult the <a href="Projects.html">Projects.html</a> page.</p>
</div>
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
-<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="Makefile">Makefile</a></div>
+<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="varvalues">Variable Values</a></div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+ <p>To use the makefile system, you simply create a file named
+ <tt>Makefile</tt> in your directory and declare values for certain variables.
+ The variables and values that you select determine what the makefile system
+ will do. These variables enable rules and processing in the makefile system
+ that automatically Do The Right Thing™.
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="including">Including Makefiles</a></div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+ <p>Setting variables alone is not enough. You must include into your Makefile
+ additional files that provide the rules of the LLVM Makefile system. The
+ various files involved are described in the sections that follow.</p>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="Makefile">Makefile</a></div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p>Each directory to participate in the build needs to have a file named
<tt>Makefile</tt>. This is the file first read by <tt>make</tt>. It has three
sections:</p>
<ol>
- <li><a href="setvars">Settable Variables</a> - Required that must be set
+ <li><a href="#setvars">Settable Variables</a> - Required that must be set
first.</li>
- <li><a href="Makefile.common">include <tt>$(LEVEL)/Makefile.common</tt></a>
+ <li><a href="#Makefile.common">include <tt>$(LEVEL)/Makefile.common</tt></a>
- include the LLVM Makefile system.
- <li><a href="overvars">Overridable Variables</a> - Override variables set by
+ <li><a href="#overvars">Override Variables</a> - Override variables set by
the LLVM Makefile system.
</ol>
</div>
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
-<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="Makefile.common">Makefile.common</a></div>
+<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="Makefile.common">Makefile.common</a>
+</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p>Every project must have a <tt>Makefile.common</tt> file at its top source
directory. This file serves three purposes:</p>
<ol>
<li>It includes the project's configuration makefile to obtain values
determined by the <tt>configure</tt> script. This is done by including the
- <a href="Makefile.config"><tt>$(LEVEL)/Makefile.config</tt></a> file.</li>
+ <a href="#Makefile.config"><tt>$(LEVEL)/Makefile.config</tt></a> file.</li>
<li>It specifies any other (static) values that are needed throughout the
project. Only values that are used in all or a large proportion of the
project's directories should be placed here.</li>
- <li>It include's the standard rules for the LLVM Makefile system,
- <a href="Makefile.rules"><tt>$(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/Makefile.rules</tt></a>.
+ <li>It includes the standard rules for the LLVM Makefile system,
+ <a href="#Makefile.rules"><tt>$(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/Makefile.rules</tt></a>.
This file is the "guts" of the LLVM Makefile system.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
-<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="Makefile.config">Makefile.config</a></div>
+<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="Makefile.config">Makefile.config</a>
+</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p>Every project must have a <tt>Makefile.config</tt> at the top of its
<em>build</em> directory. This file is <b>generated</b> by the
</div>
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
-<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="Makefile.rules">Makefile.rules</a></div>
+<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="Makefile.rules">Makefile.rules</a></div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p>This file, located at <tt>$(LLVM_SRC_ROOT)/Makefile.rules</tt> is the heart
of the LLVM Makefile System. It provides all the logic, dependencies, and
rules for building the targets supported by the system. What it does largely
- depends on the values of <tt>make</tt> <a href="variables">variables</a> that
+ depends on the values of <tt>make</tt> <a href="#variables">variables</a> that
have been set <em>before</em> <tt>Makefile.rules</tt> is included.
</div>
<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="Comments">Comments</a></div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p>User Makefiles need not have comments in them unless the construction is
- unusual or it doesn't strictly follow the rules and patterns of the LLVM
+ unusual or it does not strictly follow the rules and patterns of the LLVM
makefile system. Makefile comments are invoked with the pound (#) character.
The # character and any text following it, to the end of the line, are ignored
by <tt>make</tt>.</p>
</div>
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+<div class="doc_section"><a name="tutorial">Tutorial</a></div>
+<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
+<div class="doc_text">
+ <p>This section provides some examples of the different kinds of modules you
+ can build with the LLVM makefile system. In general, each directory you
+ provide will build a single object although that object may be composed of
+ additionally compiled components.</p>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="libraries">Libraries</a></div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+ <p>Only a few variable definitions are needed to build a regular library.
+ Normally, the makefile system will build all the software into a single
+ <tt>libname.o</tt> (pre-linked) object. This means the library is not
+ searchable and that the distinction between compilation units has been
+ dissolved. Optionally, you can ask for a shared library (.so), archive library
+ (.a) or to not have the default (relinked) library built. For example:</p>
+ <pre><tt>
+ LIBRARYNAME = mylib
+ SHARED_LIBRARY = 1
+ ARCHIVE_LIBRARY = 1
+ DONT_BUILT_RELINKED = 1
+ </tt></pre>
+ <p>says to build a library named "mylib" with both a shared library
+ (<tt>mylib.so</tt>) and an archive library (<tt>mylib.a</tt>) version but
+ not to build the relinked object (<tt>mylib.o</tt>). The contents of all the
+ libraries produced will be the same, they are just constructed differently.
+ Note that you normally do not need to specify the sources involved. The LLVM
+ Makefile system will infer the source files from the contents of the source
+ directory.</p>
+ <p>The <tt>LOADABLE_MODULE=1</tt> directive can be used in conjunction with
+ <tt>SHARED_LIBRARY=1</tt> to indicate that the resulting shared library should
+ be openable with the <tt>dlopen</tt> function and searchable with the
+ <tt>dlsym</tt> function (or your operating system's equivalents). While this
+ isn't strictly necessary on Linux and a few other platforms, it is required
+ on systems like HP-UX and Darwin. You should use <tt>LOADABLE_MODULE</tt> for
+ any shared library that you intend to be loaded into an tool via the
+ <tt>-load</tt> option. See the
+ <a href="WritingAnLLVMPass.html#makefile">WritingAnLLVMPass.html</a> document
+ for an example of why you might want to do this.
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="Modules">Bytecode Modules</a></div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+ <p>In some situations, it is desireable to build a single bytecode module from
+ a variety of sources, instead of an archive, shared library, or bytecode
+ library. Bytecode modules can be specified in addition to any of the other
+ types of libraries by defining the <a href="#MODULE_NAME">MODULE_NAME</a>
+ variable. For example:</p>
+ <pre><tt>
+ LIBRARYNAME = mylib
+ BYTECODE_LIBRARY = 1
+ MODULE_NAME = mymod
+ </tt></pre>
+ <p>will build a module named <tt>mymod.bc</tt> from the sources in the
+ directory. This module will be an aggregation of all the bytecode modules
+ derived from the sources. The example will also build a bytecode archive
+ containing a bytecode module for each compiled source file. The difference is
+ subtle, but important depending on how the module or library is to be linked.
+ </p>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="tools">Tools</a></div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+ <p>For building executable programs (tools), you must provide the name of the
+ tool and the names of the libraries you wish to link with the tool. For
+ example:</p>
+ <pre><tt>
+ TOOLNAME = mytool
+ USEDLIBS = mylib
+ LLVMLIBS = LLVMSupport.a LLVMSystem.a
+ </tt></pre>
+ <p>says that we are to build a tool name <tt>mytool</tt> and that it requires
+ three libraries: <tt>mylib</tt>, <tt>LLVMSupport.a</tt> and
+ <tt>LLVMSystem.a</tt>.</p>
+ <p>Note that two different variables are use to indicate which libraries are
+ linked: <tt>USEDLIBS</tt> and <tt>LLVMLIBS</tt>. This distinction is necessary
+ to support projects. <tt>LLVMLIBS</tt> refers to the LLVM libraries found in
+ the LLVM object directory. <tt>USEDLIBS</tt> refers to the libraries built by
+ your project. In the case of building LLVM tools, <tt>USEDLIBS</tt> and
+ <tt>LLVMLIBS</tt> can be used interchangeably since the "project" is LLVM
+ itself and <tt>USEDLIBS</tt> refers to the same place as <tt>LLVMLIBS</tt>.
+ </p>
+ <p>Also note that there are two different ways of specifying a library: with a
+ <tt>.a</tt> suffix and without. Without the suffix, the entry refers to the
+ re-linked (.o) file which will include <em>all</em> symbols of the library.
+ This is useful, for example, to include all passes from a library of passes.
+ If the <tt>.a</tt> suffix is used then the library is linked as a searchable
+ library (with the <tt>-l</tt> option). In this case, only the symbols that are
+ unresolved <em>at that point</em> will be resolved from the library, if they
+ exist. Other (unreferenced) symbols will not be included when the <tt>.a</tt>
+ syntax is used. Note that in order to use the <tt>.a</tt> suffix, the library
+ in question must have been built with the <tt>ARCHIVE_LIBRARY</tt> option set.
+ </p>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsubsection"><a name="JIT">JIT Tools</a></div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+ <p>Many tools will want to use the JIT features of LLVM. However, getting the
+ right set of libraries to link with is tedious, platform specific, and error
+ prone. Additionally, the JIT has special linker switch options that it needs.
+ Consequently, to make it easier to build tools that use the JIT, you can
+ use a special value for the <tt>LLVMLIBS</tt> variable:</p>
+ <pre><tt>
+ TOOLNAME = my_jit_tool
+ USEDLIBS = mylib
+ LLVMLIBS = JIT
+ </tt></pre>
+ <p>Using a value of <tt>JIT</tt> for <tt>LLVMLIBS</tt> tells the makefile
+ system to construct a special value for LLVMLIBS that gives the program all
+ the LLVM libraries needed to run the JIT. Any additional libraries needed can
+ still be specified with <tt>USEDLIBS</tt>. To get a full understanding of how
+ this changes the linker command, it is recommended that you:</p>
+ <pre><tt>
+ cd examples/Fibonacci
+ make VERBOSE=1
+ </tt></pre>
+ <p>By default, using <tt>LLVMLIBS=JIT</tt> will link in enough to support JIT
+ code generation for the architecture on which the tool is linked. If you need
+ additional target architectures linked in, you may specify them on the command
+ line or in your <tt>Makefile</tt>. For example:</p>
+ <pre><tt>
+ ENABLE_X86_JIT=1
+ ENABLE_SPARCV9_JIT=1
+ ENALBE_PPC_JIT=1
+ </tt></pre>
+ <p>will cause the tool to be able to generate code for all three platforms.
+ </p>
+</div>
+
<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
<div class="doc_section"><a name="targets">Targets Supported</a></div>
<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
<div class="doc_text">
<p>This section describes each of the targets that can be built using the LLVM
Makefile system. Any target can be invoked from any directory but not all are
- applicable to a given directory (e.g. "dist" and "install" will always operate
- as if invoked from the top level directory).</p>
+ applicable to a given directory (e.g. "check", "dist" and "install" will
+ always operate as if invoked from the top level directory).</p>
<table style="text-align:left">
- <tr><th>Target Name</th><th>Implied Targets</th><th>Target Description</th></tr>
+ <tr>
+ <th>Target Name</th><th>Implied Targets</th><th>Target Description</th>
+ </tr>
<tr><td><a href="#all"><tt>all</tt></a></td><td></td>
<td>Compile the software recursively. Default target.
</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#all-local"><tt>all-local</tt></a></td><td></td>
<td>Compile the software in the local directory only.
</td></tr>
- <tr><td><a href="#check"><tt>check</tt></a></td><td>all</td>
- <td>Test the software recursively.
+ <tr><td><a href="#check"><tt>check</tt></a></td><td></td>
+ <td>Change to the <tt>test</tt> directory in a project and run the
+ test suite there.
</td></tr>
- <tr><td><a href="#check-local"><tt>check-local</tt></a></td><td>all-local</td>
- <td>Test the software in the local directory only.
+ <tr><td><a href="#check-local"><tt>check-local</tt></a></td><td></td>
+ <td>Run a local test suite. Generally this is only defined in the
+ <tt>Makefile</tt> of the project's <tt>test</tt> directory.
</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#clean"><tt>clean</tt></a></td><td></td>
<td>Remove built objects recursively.
<tr><td><a href="#dist"><tt>dist</tt></a></td><td>all</td>
<td>Prepare a source distribution tarball.
</td></tr>
- <tr><td><a href="#dist-check"><tt>dist-check</tt></a></td><td>all check</td>
+ <tr><td><a href="#dist-check"><tt>dist-check</tt></a></td><td>all</td>
<td>Prepare a source distribution tarball and check that it builds.
</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#dist-clean"><tt>dist-clean</tt></a></td><td>clean</td>
<tr><td><a href="#install"><tt>install</tt></a></td><td>all</td>
<td>Copy built objects to installation directory.
</td></tr>
+ <tr><td><a href="#preconditions"><tt>preconditions</tt></a></td><td>all</td>
+ <td>Check to make sure configuration and makefiles are up to date.
+ </td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#printvars"><tt>printvars</tt></a></td><td>all</td>
<td>Prints variables defined by the makefile system (for debugging).
</td></tr>
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="check">check</a></div>
<div class="doc_text">
- <p>This target is used to perform any functional, unit or sanity tests as the
- software is being built. The <tt>check</tt> target depends on the
- <a href="#all"><tt>all</tt></a> target so the software is built in each
- directory first and then the "check" is applied.</p>
- <p>The definition of "check" is pretty general. It depends on the value of the
- <a href="#TESTS"><tt>TESTS</tt></a> variable. This variable should be set to a
- list of executables to run in order to test the software. If they all return
- 0 then the check succeeds, otherwise not. The programs run can be anything but
- they should either be local to the directory or in your path.</p>
+ <p>This target can be invoked from anywhere within a project's directories
+ but always invokes the <a href="#check-local"><tt>check-local</tt></a> target
+ in the project's <tt>test</tt> directory, if it exists and has a
+ <tt>Makefile</tt>. A warning is produced otherwise. If
+ <a href="#TESTSUITE"><tt>TESTSUITE</tt></a> is defined on the <tt>make</tt>
+ command line, it will be passed down to the invocation of
+ <tt>make check-local</tt> in the <tt>test</tt> directory. The intended usage
+ for this is to assist in running specific suites of tests. If
+ <tt>TESTSUITE</tt> is not set, the implementation of <tt>check-local</tt>
+ should run all normal tests. It is up to the project to define what
+ different values for <tt>TESTSUTE</tt> will do. See the
+ <a href="TestingGuide.html">TestingGuide</a> for further details.</p>
</div>
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="check-local">check-local</a></div>
<div class="doc_text">
- <p>This target does the same thing as <tt>check</tt> but only for the current
- (local) directory.</p>
+ <p>This target should be implemented by the <tt>Makefile</tt> in the project's
+ <tt>test</tt> directory. It is invoked by the <tt>check</tt> target elsewhere.
+ Each project is free to define the actions of <tt>check-local</tt> as
+ appropriate for that project. The LLVM project itself uses dejagnu to run a
+ suite of feature and regresson tests. Other projects may choose to use
+ dejagnu or any other testing mechanism.</p>
</div>
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="clean">clean</a></div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p>This target cleans the build directory, recursively removing all things
- that the Makefile builds. Despite once or twice attempting to remove /*, the
- cleaning rules have been made guarded so they shouldn't go awry.</p>
+ that the Makefile builds. The cleaning rules have been made guarded so they
+ shouldn't go awry (via <tt>rm -f $(UNSET_VARIABLE)/*</tt> which will attempt
+ to erase the entire directory structure.</p>
</div>
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="install">install</a></div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p>This target finalizes shared objects and executables and copies all
- libraries, headers and executables to the directory given with the
- <tt>--prefix</tt> option to <tt>configure</tt>. When completed, the prefix
- directory will have everything needed to <b>use</b> LLVM. </p>
+ libraries, headers, executables and documentation to the directory given
+ with the <tt>--prefix</tt> option to <tt>configure</tt>. When completed,
+ the prefix directory will have everything needed to <b>use</b> LLVM. </p>
+ <p>The LLVM makefiles can generate complete <b>internal</b> documentation
+ for all the classes by using <tt>doxygen</tt>. By default, this feature is
+ <b>not</b> enabled because it takes a long time and generates a massive
+ amount of data (>100MB). If you want this feature, you must configure LLVM
+ with the --enable-doxygen switch and ensure that a modern version of doxygen
+ (1.3.7 or later) is available in your <tt>PATH</tt>. You can download
+ doxygen from
+ <a href="http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/download.html#latestsrc">
+ here</a>.
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="preconditions">preconditions</a></div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+ <p>This utility target checks to see if the <tt>Makefile</tt> in the object
+ directory is older than the <tt>Makefile</tt> in the source directory and
+ copies it if so. It also reruns the <tt>configure</tt> script if that needs to
+ be done and rebuilds the <tt>Makefile.config</tt> file similarly. Users may
+ overload this target to ensure that sanity checks are run <em>before</em> any
+ building of targets as all the targets depend on <tt>preconditions</tt>.</p>
</div>
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="printvars">printvars</a></div>
<div class="doc_text">
- <p>This utility target just causes LLVM to print out some of its variables so
- that you can double check how things are set. </p>
+ <p>This utility target just causes the LLVM makefiles to print out some of
+ the makefile variables so that you can double check how things are set. </p>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="reconfigure">reconfigure</a></div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+ <p>This utility target will force a reconfigure of LLVM or your project. It
+ simply runs <tt>$(PROJ_OBJ_ROOT)/config.status --recheck</tt> to rerun the
+ configuration tests and rebuild the configured files. This isn't generally
+ useful as the makefiles will reconfigure themselves whenever its necessary.
+ </p>
+</div>
+
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="spotless">spotless</a></div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+ <p>This utility target, only available when <tt>$(PROJ_OBJ_ROOT)</tt> is not
+ the same as <tt>$(PROJ_SRC_ROOT)</tt>, will completely clean the
+ <tt>$(PROJ_OBJ_ROOT)</tt> directory by removing its content entirely and
+ reconfiguring the directory. This returns the <tt>$(PROJ_OBJ_ROOT)</tt>
+ directory to a completely fresh state. All content in the directory except
+ configured files and top-level makefiles will be lost.</p>
+ <div class="doc_warning"><p>Use with caution.</p></div>
</div>
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="setvars">Control Variables</a></div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p>Variables listed in the table below should be set <em>before</em> the
- inclusion of <a href="Makefile.common"><tt>$(LEVEL)/Makefile.common</tt></a>.
+ inclusion of <a href="#Makefile.common"><tt>$(LEVEL)/Makefile.common</tt></a>.
These variables provide input to the LLVM make system that tell it what to do
for the current directory.</p>
<dl>
<dt><a name="BUILT_SOURCES"><tt>BUILT_SOURCES</tt></a></dt>
<dd>Specifies a set of source files that are generated from other source
files. These sources will be built before any other target processing to
- ensure they are present.</td>
+ ensure they are present.</dd>
<dt><a name="BYTECODE_LIBRARY"><tt>BYTECODE_LIBRARY</tt></a></dt>
<dd>If set to any value, causes a bytecode library (.bc) to be built.</dd>
<dt><a name="CONFIG_FILES"><tt>CONFIG_FILES</tt></a></dt>
<dd>If set to any value, causes a relinked library (.o) not to be built. By
default, libraries are built as re-linked since most LLVM libraries are
needed in their entirety and re-linked libraries will be linked more quickly
- than equival archive libraries.</dd>
+ than equivalent archive libraries.</dd>
<dt><a name="ENABLE_OPTIMIZED"><tt>ENABLE_OPTIMIZED</tt></a></dt>
<dd>If set to any value, causes the build to generate optimized objects,
libraries and executables. This alters the flags specified to the compilers
source files, all built sources, all Makefiles, and most documentation files
will be automatically distributed. Use this variable to distribute any
files that are not automatically distributed.</dd>
+ <dt><a name="FAKE_SOURCES"><tt>FAKE_SOURCES</tt><small>(optional)</small>
+ </a></dt>
+ <dd>This variable is like <a href="#SOURCES"><tt>SOURCES</tt></a> except that
+ the source files don't need to exist. The makefiles only use
+ <tt>FAKE_SOURCES</tt> to create the names of derived objects that should be
+ included in the directory's result. It is assumed that the project's
+ <tt>Makefile</tt> will define how to build the derived objects
+ necessary.</dd>
<dt><a name="KEEP_SYMBOLS"><tt>KEEP_SYMBOLS</tt></a></dt>
<dd>If set to any value, specifies that when linking executables the
makefiles should retain debug symbols in the executable. Normally, symbols
are stripped from the executable.</dd>
- <dt><a name="LEVEL"><tt>LEVEL</tt></a><small>(required)</dt>
+ <dt><a name="LEVEL"><tt>LEVEL</tt></a><small>(required)</small></dt>
<dd>Specify the level of nesting from the top level. This variable must be
set in each makefile as it is used to find the top level and thus the other
makefiles.</dd>
<dt><a name="LIBRARYNAME"><tt>LIBRARYNAME</tt></a></dt>
- <dd>Specify the name of the library to be built. (Required For Libraries)</dd>
- <a href="#BUILD_OBJ_DIR"><tt>BUILD_OBJ_DIR<tt></a> directory.</dd>
+ <dd>Specify the name of the library to be built. (Required For
+ Libraries)</dd>
<dt><a name="LLVMLIBS"><tt>LLVMLIBS</tt></a></dt>
<dd>Specifies the set of libraries from the LLVM $(ObjDir) that will be
linked into the tool or library.</dd>
+ <dt><a name="LOADABLE_MODULE"><tt>LOADABLE_MODULE</tt></a></dt>
+ <dd>If set to any value, causes the shared library being built to also be
+ a loadable module. Loadable modules can be opened with the dlopen() function
+ and searched with dlsym (or the operating system's equivalent). Note that
+ setting this variable without also setting <tt>SHARED_LIBRARY</tt> will have
+ no effect.</dd>
+ <dt><a name="MODULE_NAME"><tt>MODULE_NAME</tt></a></dt>
+ <dd>Specifies the name of a bytecode module to be created. A bytecode
+ module can be specified in conjunction with other kinds of library builds
+ or by itself. It constructs from the sources a single linked bytecode
+ file.</dd>
<dt><a name="OPTIONAL_DIRS"><tt>OPTIONAL_DIRS</tt></a></dt>
<dd>Specify a set of directories that may be built, if they exist, but its
not an error for them not to exist.</dd>
all source files to be built twice: once with options for position
independent code and once without. Use it only where you really need a
shared library.</dd>
- <dt><a name="SOURCES"><tt>SOURCES</tt><small>(optional)</small></a></td>
+ <dt><a name="SOURCES"><tt>SOURCES</tt><small>(optional)</small></a></dt>
<dd>Specifies the list of source files in the current directory to be
built. Source files of any type may be specified (programs, documentation,
config files, etc.). If not specified, the makefile system will infer the
<dd>Specifies the name of the LLVM code generation target that the
current directory builds. Setting this variable enables additional rules to
build <tt>.inc</tt> files from <tt>.td</tt> files. </dd>
+ <dt><a name="TESTSUITE"><tt>TESTSUITE</tt></a></dt>
+ <dd>Specifies the directory of tests to run in <tt>llvm/test</tt>.</dd>
<dt><a name="TOOLNAME"><tt>TOOLNAME</tt></a></dt>
<dd>Specifies the name of the tool that the current directory should
build.</dd>
- <dt><a name="USEDLIBS"><tt>USEDLIBS</tt></a></td>
+ <dt><a name="TOOL_VERBOSE"><tt>TOOL_VERBOSE</tt></a></dt>
+ <dd>Implies VERBOSE and also tells each tool invoked to be verbose. This is
+ handy when you're trying to see the sub-tools invoked by each tool invoked
+ by the makefile. For example, this will pass <tt>-v</tt> to the GCC
+ compilers which causes it to print out the command lines it uses to invoke
+ sub-tools (compiler, assembler, linker).</dd>
+ <dt><a name="USEDLIBS"><tt>USEDLIBS</tt></a></dt>
<dd>Specifies the list of project libraries that will be linked into the
tool or library.</dd>
- <dt><a name="VERBOSE"><tt>VERBOSE</tt></a></td>
+ <dt><a name="VERBOSE"><tt>VERBOSE</tt></a></dt>
<dd>Tells the Makefile system to produce detailed output of what it is doing
instead of just summary comments. This will generate a LOT of output.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
-<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="overvars">Overridable Variables</a></div>
+<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="overvars">Override Variables</a></div>
<div class="doc_text">
- <p>Overridable variables can be used to override the default
+ <p>Override variables can be used to override the default
values provided by the LLVM makefile system. These variables can be set in
several ways:</p>
<ul>
<li>On the <tt>make</tt> command line -- recommended.</li>
<li>On the <tt>configure</tt> command line</li>
<li>In the Makefile (only <em>after</em> the inclusion of <a
- href="Makefile.common"><tt>$(LEVEL)/Makefile.common</tt></a>.</li>
+ href="#Makefile.common"><tt>$(LEVEL)/Makefile.common</tt></a>).</li>
</ul>
- <p>The overridable variables are given below:</p>
+ <p>The override variables are given below:</p>
<dl>
<dt><a name="AR"><tt>AR</tt></a> <small>(defaulted)</small></dt>
<dd>Specifies the path to the <tt>ar</tt> tool.</dd>
<dt><a name="BISON"><tt>BISON</tt></a><small>(configured)</small></dt>
<dd>Specifies the path to the <tt>bison</tt> tool.</dd>
- <dt><a name="BUILD_OBJ_DIR"><tt>BUILD_OBJ_DIR</tt></a></dt>
+ <dt><a name="PROJ_OBJ_DIR"><tt>PROJ_OBJ_DIR</tt></a></dt>
<dd>The directory into which the products of build rules will be placed.
This might be the same as
- <a href="#BUILD_SRC_DIR"><tt>BUILD_SRC_DIR</tt></a> but typically is
+ <a href="#PROJ_SRC_DIR"><tt>PROJ_SRC_DIR</tt></a> but typically is
not.</dd>
- <dt><a name="BUILD_SRC_DIR"><tt>BUILD_SRC_DIR</tt></a></dt>
+ <dt><a name="PROJ_SRC_DIR"><tt>PROJ_SRC_DIR</tt></a></dt>
<dd>The directory which contains the source files to be built.</dd>
<dt><a name="BURG"><tt>BURG</tt></a></dt>
<dd>Specifies the path to the <tt>burg</tt> tool.</dd>
<dd>Specifies the path to the <tt>flex</tt> tool.</dd>
<dt><a name="GCCLD"><tt>GCCLD</tt></a><small>(defaulted)</small></dt>
<dd>Specifies the path to the <tt>gccld</tt> tool.</dd>
- <dt><a name="HAVE_BZIP2"><tt>HAVE_BZIP2</tt></a><small>(configured)</small></dt>
- <dd>This variable is set automatically if the <tt>configure</tt> script
- could find the bzip2 library.</dd>
- <dt><a name="HAVE_ZLIB"><tt>HAVE_ZLIB</tt></a><small>(configured)</small></dt>
- <dd>This variable is set automatically if the <tt>configure</tt> script
- could find the zlib library.</dd>
<dt><a name="INSTALL"><tt>INSTALL</tt></a><small>(configured)</small></dt>
<dd>Specifies the path to the <tt>install</tt> tool.</dd>
<dt><a name="LDFLAGS"><tt>LDFLAGS</tt></a><small>(configured)</small></dt>
<dd>The directory into which executables will ultimately be installed. This
value is derived from the <tt>--prefix</tt> option given to
<tt>configure</tt>.</dd>
+ <dt><a name="BuildMode"><tt>BuildMode</tt></a></dt>
+ <dd>The name of the type of build being performed: Debug, Release, or
+ Profile</dd>
<dt><a name="bytecode_libdir"><tt>bytecode_libdir</tt></a></dt>
<dd>The directory into which bytecode libraries will ultimately be installed.
This value is derived from the <tt>--prefix</tt> option given to
<dt><a name="Sources"><tt>Sources</tt></a></dt>
<dd>The complete list of source files.</dd>
<dt><a name="sysconfdir"><tt>sysconfdir</tt></a></dt>
- <dd>The directory into which configuration files will ulitmately be
+ <dd>The directory into which configuration files will ultimately be
installed. This value is derived from the <tt>--prefix</tt> option given to
<tt>configure</tt>.</dd>
<dt><a name="ToolDir"><tt>ToolDir</tt></a></dt>
<dd>The configuration specific directory into which executables are placed
before they are installed.</dd>
<dt><a name="TopDistDir"><tt>TopDistDir</tt></a></dt>
- <dd>The top most directory into which the distribution files are copied.</dd>
+ <dd>The top most directory into which the distribution files are copied.
+ </dd>
<dt><a name="Verb"><tt>Verb</tt></a></dt>
<dd>Use this as the first thing on your build script lines to enable or
disable verbose mode. It expands to either an @ (quiet mode) or nothing
<p>Variables listed below are used by the LLVM Makefile System
and considered internal. You should not use these variables under any
circumstances.</p>
- <dl>
- <dt><a name="Archive"><tt>Archive</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="AR.Flags"><tt>AR.Flags</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="BaseNameSources"><tt>BaseNameSources</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="BCCompile.C"><tt>BCCompile.C</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="BCCompile.CXX"><tt>BCCompile.CXX</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="BCLinkLib"><tt>BCLinkLib</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="Burg"><tt>Burg</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="C.Flags"><tt>C.Flags</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="Compile.C"><tt>Compile.C</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="CompileCommonOpts"><tt>CompileCommonOpts</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="Compile.CXX"><tt>Compile.CXX</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="ConfigStatusScript"><tt>ConfigStatusScript</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="Configuration"><tt>Configuration</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="ConfigureScript"><tt>ConfigureScript</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="CPP.Flags"><tt>CPP.Flags</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="CPP.Flags "><tt>CPP.Flags </tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="CXX.Flags"><tt>CXX.Flags</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DependFiles"><tt>DependFiles</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DestArchiveLib"><tt>DestArchiveLib</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DestBytecodeLib"><tt>DestBytecodeLib</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DestRelinkedLib"><tt>DestRelinkedLib</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DestSharedLib"><tt>DestSharedLib</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DestTool"><tt>DestTool</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DistAlways"><tt>DistAlways</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DistCheckDir"><tt>DistCheckDir</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DistCheckTop"><tt>DistCheckTop</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DistFiles"><tt>DistFiles</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DistName"><tt>DistName</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DistOther"><tt>DistOther</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DistSources"><tt>DistSources</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DistSubDirs"><tt>DistSubDirs</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DistTarBZ2"><tt>DistTarBZ2</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DistTarGZip"><tt>DistTarGZip</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="DistZip"><tt>DistZip</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="ExtraLibs"><tt>ExtraLibs</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="INCFiles"><tt>INCFiles</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="InternalTargets"><tt>InternalTargets</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LD.Flags"><tt>LD.Flags</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LexOutput"><tt>LexOutput</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LibName.A"><tt>LibName.A</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LibName.BC"><tt>LibName.BC</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LibName.LA"><tt>LibName.LA</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LibName.O"><tt>LibName.O</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LibTool.Flags"><tt>LibTool.Flags</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="Link"><tt>Link</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LLVMGCCLibDir"><tt>LLVMGCCLibDir</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LLVMLibDir"><tt>LLVMLibDir</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LLVMLibsOptions"><tt>LLVMLibsOptions</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LLVMLibsPaths"><tt>LLVMLibsPaths</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LLVMToolDir"><tt>LLVMToolDir</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LLVMUsedLibs"><tt>LLVMUsedLibs</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LocalTargets"><tt>LocalTargets</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LTCompile.C"><tt>LTCompile.C</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LTCompile.CXX"><tt>LTCompile.CXX</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="LTInstall"><tt>LTInstall</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="ObjectsBC"><tt>ObjectsBC</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="ObjectsLO"><tt>ObjectsLO</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="ObjectsO"><tt>ObjectsO</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="ObjMakefiles"><tt>ObjMakefiles</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="Parallel_Targets"><tt>Parallel_Targets</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="PreConditions"><tt>PreConditions</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="ProjLibsOptions"><tt>ProjLibsOptions</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="ProjLibsPaths"><tt>ProjLibsPaths</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="ProjUsedLibs"><tt>ProjUsedLibs</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="Ranlib"><tt>Ranlib</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="RecursiveTargets"><tt>RecursiveTargets</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="Relink"><tt>Relink</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="SrcMakefiles"><tt>SrcMakefiles</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="Strip"><tt>Strip</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="StripWarnMsg"><tt>StripWarnMsg</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="TableGen"><tt>TableGen</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="TDFiles"><tt>TDFiles</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="ToolBuildPath"><tt>ToolBuildPath</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="TopLevelTargets"><tt>TopLevelTargets</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="UserTargets"><tt>UserTargets</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- <dt><a name="YaccOutput"><tt>YaccOutput</tt></a></dt><dd></dd>
- </dl>
+ <p><tt>
+ Archive
+ AR.Flags
+ BaseNameSources
+ BCCompile.C
+ BCCompile.CXX
+ BCLinkLib
+ Burg
+ C.Flags
+ Compile.C
+ CompileCommonOpts
+ Compile.CXX
+ ConfigStatusScript
+ ConfigureScript
+ CPP.Flags
+ CPP.Flags
+ CXX.Flags
+ DependFiles
+ DestArchiveLib
+ DestBytecodeLib
+ DestModule
+ DestRelinkedLib
+ DestSharedLib
+ DestTool
+ DistAlways
+ DistCheckDir
+ DistCheckTop
+ DistFiles
+ DistName
+ DistOther
+ DistSources
+ DistSubDirs
+ DistTarBZ2
+ DistTarGZip
+ DistZip
+ ExtraLibs
+ FakeSources
+ INCFiles
+ InternalTargets
+ LD.Flags
+ LexFiles
+ LexOutput
+ LibName.A
+ LibName.BC
+ LibName.LA
+ LibName.O
+ LibTool.Flags
+ Link
+ LinkModule
+ LLVMLibDir
+ LLVMLibsOptions
+ LLVMLibsPaths
+ LLVMToolDir
+ LLVMUsedLibs
+ LocalTargets
+ LTCompile.C
+ LTCompile.CXX
+ LTInstall
+ Module
+ ObjectsBC
+ ObjectsLO
+ ObjectsO
+ ObjMakefiles
+ ParallelTargets
+ PreConditions
+ ProjLibsOptions
+ ProjLibsPaths
+ ProjUsedLibs
+ Ranlib
+ RecursiveTargets
+ Relink
+ SrcMakefiles
+ Strip
+ StripWarnMsg
+ TableGen
+ TDFiles
+ ToolBuildPath
+ TopLevelTargets
+ UserTargets
+ YaccFiles
+ YaccOutput
+ </tt></p>
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