1 @c Copyright (C) 1988-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 @c This is part of the GCC manual.
3 @c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi.
6 @chapter Makefile Fragments
7 @cindex makefile fragment
9 When you configure GCC using the @file{configure} script, it will
10 construct the file @file{Makefile} from the template file
11 @file{Makefile.in}. When it does this, it can incorporate makefile
12 fragments from the @file{config} directory. These are used to set
13 Makefile parameters that are not amenable to being calculated by
14 autoconf. The list of fragments to incorporate is set by
15 @file{config.gcc} (and occasionally @file{config.build}
16 and @file{config.host}); @xref{System Config}.
18 Fragments are named either @file{t-@var{target}} or @file{x-@var{host}},
19 depending on whether they are relevant to configuring GCC to produce
20 code for a particular target, or to configuring GCC to run on a
21 particular host. Here @var{target} and @var{host} are mnemonics
22 which usually have some relationship to the canonical system name, but
25 If these files do not exist, it means nothing needs to be added for a
26 given target or host. Most targets need a few @file{t-@var{target}}
27 fragments, but needing @file{x-@var{host}} fragments is rare.
30 * Target Fragment:: Writing @file{t-@var{target}} files.
31 * Host Fragment:: Writing @file{x-@var{host}} files.
35 @section Target Makefile Fragments
36 @cindex target makefile fragment
37 @cindex @file{t-@var{target}}
39 Target makefile fragments can set these Makefile variables.
42 @findex LIBGCC2_CFLAGS
44 Compiler flags to use when compiling @file{libgcc2.c}.
46 @findex LIB2FUNCS_EXTRA
48 A list of source file names to be compiled or assembled and inserted
51 @findex CRTSTUFF_T_CFLAGS
52 @item CRTSTUFF_T_CFLAGS
53 Special flags used when compiling @file{crtstuff.c}.
54 @xref{Initialization}.
56 @findex CRTSTUFF_T_CFLAGS_S
57 @item CRTSTUFF_T_CFLAGS_S
58 Special flags used when compiling @file{crtstuff.c} for shared
59 linking. Used if you use @file{crtbeginS.o} and @file{crtendS.o}
60 in @code{EXTRA-PARTS}.
61 @xref{Initialization}.
63 @findex MULTILIB_OPTIONS
64 @item MULTILIB_OPTIONS
65 For some targets, invoking GCC in different ways produces objects
66 that can not be linked together. For example, for some targets GCC
67 produces both big and little endian code. For these targets, you must
68 arrange for multiple versions of @file{libgcc.a} to be compiled, one for
69 each set of incompatible options. When GCC invokes the linker, it
70 arranges to link in the right version of @file{libgcc.a}, based on
71 the command line options used.
73 The @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS} macro lists the set of options for which
74 special versions of @file{libgcc.a} must be built. Write options that
75 are mutually incompatible side by side, separated by a slash. Write
76 options that may be used together separated by a space. The build
77 procedure will build all combinations of compatible options.
79 For example, if you set @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS} to @samp{m68000/m68020
80 msoft-float}, @file{Makefile} will build special versions of
81 @file{libgcc.a} using the following sets of options: @option{-m68000},
82 @option{-m68020}, @option{-msoft-float}, @samp{-m68000 -msoft-float}, and
83 @samp{-m68020 -msoft-float}.
85 @findex MULTILIB_DIRNAMES
86 @item MULTILIB_DIRNAMES
87 If @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS} is used, this variable specifies the
88 directory names that should be used to hold the various libraries.
89 Write one element in @code{MULTILIB_DIRNAMES} for each element in
90 @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS}. If @code{MULTILIB_DIRNAMES} is not used, the
91 default value will be @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS}, with all slashes treated
94 @code{MULTILIB_DIRNAMES} describes the multilib directories using GCC
95 conventions and is applied to directories that are part of the GCC
96 installation. When multilib-enabled, the compiler will add a
97 subdirectory of the form @var{prefix}/@var{multilib} before each
98 directory in the search path for libraries and crt files.
100 For example, if @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS} is set to @samp{m68000/m68020
101 msoft-float}, then the default value of @code{MULTILIB_DIRNAMES} is
102 @samp{m68000 m68020 msoft-float}. You may specify a different value if
103 you desire a different set of directory names.
105 @findex MULTILIB_MATCHES
106 @item MULTILIB_MATCHES
107 Sometimes the same option may be written in two different ways. If an
108 option is listed in @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS}, GCC needs to know about
109 any synonyms. In that case, set @code{MULTILIB_MATCHES} to a list of
110 items of the form @samp{option=option} to describe all relevant
111 synonyms. For example, @samp{m68000=mc68000 m68020=mc68020}.
113 @findex MULTILIB_EXCEPTIONS
114 @item MULTILIB_EXCEPTIONS
115 Sometimes when there are multiple sets of @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS} being
116 specified, there are combinations that should not be built. In that
117 case, set @code{MULTILIB_EXCEPTIONS} to be all of the switch exceptions
118 in shell case syntax that should not be built.
120 For example the ARM processor cannot execute both hardware floating
121 point instructions and the reduced size THUMB instructions at the same
122 time, so there is no need to build libraries with both of these
123 options enabled. Therefore @code{MULTILIB_EXCEPTIONS} is set to:
125 *mthumb/*mhard-float*
128 @findex MULTILIB_REQUIRED
129 @item MULTILIB_REQUIRED
130 Sometimes when there are only a few combinations are required, it would
131 be a big effort to come up with a @code{MULTILIB_EXCEPTIONS} list to
132 cover all undesired ones. In such a case, just listing all the required
133 combinations in @code{MULTILIB_REQUIRED} would be more straightforward.
135 The way to specify the entries in @code{MULTILIB_REQUIRED} is same with
136 the way used for @code{MULTILIB_EXCEPTIONS}, only this time what are
137 required will be specified. Suppose there are multiple sets of
138 @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS} and only two combinations are required, one
139 for ARMv7-M and one for ARMv7-R with hard floating-point ABI and FPU, the
140 @code{MULTILIB_REQUIRED} can be set to:
142 @code{MULTILIB_REQUIRED} = mthumb/march=armv7-m
143 @code{MULTILIB_REQUIRED} += march=armv7-r/mfloat-abi=hard/mfpu=vfpv3-d16
146 The @code{MULTILIB_REQUIRED} can be used together with
147 @code{MULTILIB_EXCEPTIONS}. The option combinations generated from
148 @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS} will be filtered by @code{MULTILIB_EXCEPTIONS}
149 and then by @code{MULTILIB_REQUIRED}.
151 @findex MULTILIB_REUSE
153 Sometimes it is desirable to reuse one existing multilib for different
154 sets of options. Such kind of reuse can minimize the number of multilib
155 variants. And for some targets it is better to reuse an existing multilib
156 than to fall back to default multilib when there is no corresponding multilib.
157 This can be done by adding reuse rules to @code{MULTILIB_REUSE}.
159 A reuse rule is comprised of two parts connected by equality sign. The left part
160 is option set used to build multilib and the right part is option set that will
161 reuse this multilib. The order of options in the left part matters and should be
162 same with those specified in @code{MULTILIB_REQUIRED} or aligned with order in
163 @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS}. There is no such limitation for options in right part
164 as we don't build multilib from them. But the equality sign in both parts should
165 be replaced with period.
167 The @code{MULTILIB_REUSE} is different from @code{MULTILIB_MATCHES} in that it
168 sets up relations between two option sets rather than two options. Here is an
169 example to demo how we reuse libraries built in Thumb mode for applications built
172 @code{MULTILIB_REUSE} = mthumb/march.armv7-r=marm/march.armv7-r
175 Before the advent of @code{MULTILIB_REUSE}, GCC select multilib by comparing command
176 line options with options used to build multilib. The @code{MULTILIB_REUSE} is
177 complementary to that way. Only when the original comparison matches nothing it will
178 work to see if it is OK to reuse some existing multilib.
180 @findex MULTILIB_EXTRA_OPTS
181 @item MULTILIB_EXTRA_OPTS
182 Sometimes it is desirable that when building multiple versions of
183 @file{libgcc.a} certain options should always be passed on to the
184 compiler. In that case, set @code{MULTILIB_EXTRA_OPTS} to be the list
185 of options to be used for all builds. If you set this, you should
186 probably set @code{CRTSTUFF_T_CFLAGS} to a dash followed by it.
188 @findex MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES
189 @item MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES
190 If @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS} is used, this variable specifies
191 a list of subdirectory names, that are used to modify the search
192 path depending on the chosen multilib. Unlike @code{MULTILIB_DIRNAMES},
193 @code{MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES} describes the multilib directories using
194 operating systems conventions, and is applied to the directories such as
195 @code{lib} or those in the @env{LIBRARY_PATH} environment variable.
196 The format is either the same as of
197 @code{MULTILIB_DIRNAMES}, or a set of mappings. When it is the same
198 as @code{MULTILIB_DIRNAMES}, it describes the multilib directories
199 using operating system conventions, rather than GCC conventions. When it is a set
200 of mappings of the form @var{gccdir}=@var{osdir}, the left side gives
201 the GCC convention and the right gives the equivalent OS defined
202 location. If the @var{osdir} part begins with a @samp{!},
203 GCC will not search in the non-multilib directory and use
204 exclusively the multilib directory. Otherwise, the compiler will
205 examine the search path for libraries and crt files twice; the first
206 time it will add @var{multilib} to each directory in the search path,
207 the second it will not.
209 For configurations that support both multilib and multiarch,
210 @code{MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES} also encodes the multiarch name, thus
211 subsuming @code{MULTIARCH_DIRNAME}. The multiarch name is appended to
212 each directory name, separated by a colon (e.g.
213 @samp{../lib32:i386-linux-gnu}).
215 Each multiarch subdirectory will be searched before the corresponding OS
216 multilib directory, for example @samp{/lib/i386-linux-gnu} before
217 @samp{/lib/../lib32}. The multiarch name will also be used to modify the
218 system header search path, as explained for @code{MULTIARCH_DIRNAME}.
220 @findex MULTIARCH_DIRNAME
221 @item MULTIARCH_DIRNAME
222 This variable specifies the multiarch name for configurations that are
223 multiarch-enabled but not multilibbed configurations.
225 The multiarch name is used to augment the search path for libraries, crt
226 files and system header files with additional locations. The compiler
227 will add a multiarch subdirectory of the form
228 @var{prefix}/@var{multiarch} before each directory in the library and
229 crt search path. It will also add two directories
230 @code{LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR}/@var{multiarch} and
231 @code{NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR}/@var{multiarch}) to the system header
232 search path, respectively before @code{LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR} and
233 @code{NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR}.
235 @code{MULTIARCH_DIRNAME} is not used for configurations that support
236 both multilib and multiarch. In that case, multiarch names are encoded
237 in @code{MULTILIB_OSDIRNAMES} instead.
239 More documentation about multiarch can be found at
240 @uref{http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch}.
244 Unfortunately, setting @code{MULTILIB_EXTRA_OPTS} is not enough, since
245 it does not affect the build of target libraries, at least not the
246 build of the default multilib. One possible work-around is to use
247 @code{DRIVER_SELF_SPECS} to bring options from the @file{specs} file
248 as if they had been passed in the compiler driver command line.
249 However, you don't want to be adding these options after the toolchain
250 is installed, so you can instead tweak the @file{specs} file that will
251 be used during the toolchain build, while you still install the
252 original, built-in @file{specs}. The trick is to set @code{SPECS} to
253 some other filename (say @file{specs.install}), that will then be
254 created out of the built-in specs, and introduce a @file{Makefile}
255 rule to generate the @file{specs} file that's going to be used at
256 build time out of your @file{specs.install}.
259 These are extra flags to pass to the C compiler. They are used both
260 when building GCC, and when compiling things with the just-built GCC@.
261 This variable is deprecated and should not be used.
265 @section Host Makefile Fragments
266 @cindex host makefile fragment
267 @cindex @file{x-@var{host}}
269 The use of @file{x-@var{host}} fragments is discouraged. You should only
270 use it for makefile dependencies.