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 gccint.texi.
6 @chapter Host Configuration
7 @cindex host configuration
9 Most details about the machine and system on which the compiler is
10 actually running are detected by the @command{configure} script. Some
11 things are impossible for @command{configure} to detect; these are
12 described in two ways, either by macros defined in a file named
13 @file{xm-@var{machine}.h} or by hook functions in the file specified
14 by the @var{out_host_hook_obj} variable in @file{config.gcc}. (The
15 intention is that very few hosts will need a header file but nearly
16 every fully supported host will need to override some hooks.)
18 If you need to define only a few macros, and they have simple
19 definitions, consider using the @code{xm_defines} variable in your
20 @file{config.gcc} entry instead of creating a host configuration
21 header. @xref{System Config}.
24 * Host Common:: Things every host probably needs implemented.
25 * Filesystem:: Your host can't have the letter `a' in filenames?
26 * Host Misc:: Rare configuration options for hosts.
32 @cindex host functions
34 Some things are just not portable, even between similar operating systems,
35 and are too difficult for autoconf to detect. They get implemented using
36 hook functions in the file specified by the @var{host_hook_obj}
37 variable in @file{config.gcc}.
39 @deftypefn {Host Hook} void HOST_HOOKS_EXTRA_SIGNALS (void)
40 This host hook is used to set up handling for extra signals. The most
41 common thing to do in this hook is to detect stack overflow.
44 @deftypefn {Host Hook} {void *} HOST_HOOKS_GT_PCH_GET_ADDRESS (size_t @
45 @var{size}, int @var{fd})
46 This host hook returns the address of some space that is likely to be
47 free in some subsequent invocation of the compiler. We intend to load
48 the PCH data at this address such that the data need not be relocated.
49 The area should be able to hold @var{size} bytes. If the host uses
50 @code{mmap}, @var{fd} is an open file descriptor that can be used for
54 @deftypefn {Host Hook} int HOST_HOOKS_GT_PCH_USE_ADDRESS (void * @var{address}, @
55 size_t @var{size}, int @var{fd}, size_t @var{offset})
56 This host hook is called when a PCH file is about to be loaded.
57 We want to load @var{size} bytes from @var{fd} at @var{offset}
58 into memory at @var{address}. The given address will be the result of
59 a previous invocation of @code{HOST_HOOKS_GT_PCH_GET_ADDRESS}.
60 Return @minus{}1 if we couldn't allocate @var{size} bytes at @var{address}.
61 Return 0 if the memory is allocated but the data is not loaded. Return 1
62 if the hook has performed everything.
64 If the implementation uses reserved address space, free any reserved
65 space beyond @var{size}, regardless of the return value. If no PCH will
66 be loaded, this hook may be called with @var{size} zero, in which case
67 all reserved address space should be freed.
69 Do not try to handle values of @var{address} that could not have been
70 returned by this executable; just return @minus{}1. Such values usually
71 indicate an out-of-date PCH file (built by some other GCC executable),
72 and such a PCH file won't work.
75 @deftypefn {Host Hook} size_t HOST_HOOKS_GT_PCH_ALLOC_GRANULARITY (void);
76 This host hook returns the alignment required for allocating virtual
77 memory. Usually this is the same as getpagesize, but on some hosts the
78 alignment for reserving memory differs from the pagesize for committing
83 @section Host Filesystem
84 @cindex configuration file
85 @cindex @file{xm-@var{machine}.h}
87 GCC needs to know a number of things about the semantics of the host
88 machine's filesystem. Filesystems with Unix and MS-DOS semantics are
89 automatically detected. For other systems, you can define the
90 following macros in @file{xm-@var{machine}.h}.
93 @item HAVE_DOS_BASED_FILE_SYSTEM
94 This macro is automatically defined by @file{system.h} if the host
95 file system obeys the semantics defined by MS-DOS instead of Unix.
96 DOS file systems are case insensitive, file specifications may begin
97 with a drive letter, and both forward slash and backslash (@samp{/}
98 and @samp{\}) are directory separators.
101 @itemx DIR_SEPARATOR_2
102 If defined, these macros expand to character constants specifying
103 separators for directory names within a file specification.
104 @file{system.h} will automatically give them appropriate values on
105 Unix and MS-DOS file systems. If your file system is neither of
106 these, define one or both appropriately in @file{xm-@var{machine}.h}.
108 However, operating systems like VMS, where constructing a pathname is
109 more complicated than just stringing together directory names
110 separated by a special character, should not define either of these
114 If defined, this macro should expand to a character constant
115 specifying the separator for elements of search paths. The default
116 value is a colon (@samp{:}). DOS-based systems usually, but not
117 always, use semicolon (@samp{;}).
120 Define this macro if the host system is VMS@.
122 @item HOST_OBJECT_SUFFIX
123 Define this macro to be a C string representing the suffix for object
124 files on your host machine. If you do not define this macro, GCC will
125 use @samp{.o} as the suffix for object files.
127 @item HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX
128 Define this macro to be a C string representing the suffix for
129 executable files on your host machine. If you do not define this macro,
130 GCC will use the null string as the suffix for executable files.
132 @item HOST_BIT_BUCKET
133 A pathname defined by the host operating system, which can be opened as
134 a file and written to, but all the information written is discarded.
135 This is commonly known as a @dfn{bit bucket} or @dfn{null device}. If
136 you do not define this macro, GCC will use @samp{/dev/null} as the bit
137 bucket. If the host does not support a bit bucket, define this macro to
140 @item UPDATE_PATH_HOST_CANONICALIZE (@var{path})
141 If defined, a C statement (sans semicolon) that performs host-dependent
142 canonicalization when a path used in a compilation driver or
143 preprocessor is canonicalized. @var{path} is a malloc-ed path to be
144 canonicalized. If the C statement does canonicalize @var{path} into a
145 different buffer, the old path should be freed and the new buffer should
146 have been allocated with malloc.
148 @item DUMPFILE_FORMAT
149 Define this macro to be a C string representing the format to use for
150 constructing the index part of debugging dump file names. The resultant
151 string must fit in fifteen bytes. The full filename will be the
152 concatenation of: the prefix of the assembler file name, the string
153 resulting from applying this format to an index number, and a string
154 unique to each dump file kind, e.g.@: @samp{rtl}.
156 If you do not define this macro, GCC will use @samp{.%02d.}. You should
157 define this macro if using the default will create an invalid file name.
159 @item DELETE_IF_ORDINARY
160 Define this macro to be a C statement (sans semicolon) that performs
161 host-dependent removal of ordinary temp files in the compilation driver.
163 If you do not define this macro, GCC will use the default version. You
164 should define this macro if the default version does not reliably remove
165 the temp file as, for example, on VMS which allows multiple versions
168 @item HOST_LACKS_INODE_NUMBERS
169 Define this macro if the host filesystem does not report meaningful inode
170 numbers in struct stat.
175 @cindex configuration file
176 @cindex @file{xm-@var{machine}.h}
179 @item FATAL_EXIT_CODE
180 A C expression for the status code to be returned when the compiler
181 exits after serious errors. The default is the system-provided macro
182 @samp{EXIT_FAILURE}, or @samp{1} if the system doesn't define that
183 macro. Define this macro only if these defaults are incorrect.
185 @item SUCCESS_EXIT_CODE
186 A C expression for the status code to be returned when the compiler
187 exits without serious errors. (Warnings are not serious errors.) The
188 default is the system-provided macro @samp{EXIT_SUCCESS}, or @samp{0} if
189 the system doesn't define that macro. Define this macro only if these
190 defaults are incorrect.
193 Define this macro if GCC should use the C implementation of @code{alloca}
194 provided by @file{libiberty.a}. This only affects how some parts of the
195 compiler itself allocate memory. It does not change code generation.
197 When GCC is built with a compiler other than itself, the C @code{alloca}
198 is always used. This is because most other implementations have serious
199 bugs. You should define this macro only on a system where no
200 stack-based @code{alloca} can possibly work. For instance, if a system
201 has a small limit on the size of the stack, GCC's builtin @code{alloca}
202 will not work reliably.
204 @item COLLECT2_HOST_INITIALIZATION
205 If defined, a C statement (sans semicolon) that performs host-dependent
206 initialization when @code{collect2} is being initialized.
208 @item GCC_DRIVER_HOST_INITIALIZATION
209 If defined, a C statement (sans semicolon) that performs host-dependent
210 initialization when a compilation driver is being initialized.
212 @item HOST_LONG_LONG_FORMAT
213 If defined, the string used to indicate an argument of type @code{long
214 long} to functions like @code{printf}. The default value is
217 @item HOST_LONG_FORMAT
218 If defined, the string used to indicate an argument of type @code{long}
219 to functions like @code{printf}. The default value is @code{"l"}.
221 @item HOST_PTR_PRINTF
222 If defined, the string used to indicate an argument of type @code{void *}
223 to functions like @code{printf}. The default value is @code{"%p"}.
226 In addition, if @command{configure} generates an incorrect definition of
227 any of the macros in @file{auto-host.h}, you can override that
228 definition in a host configuration header. If you need to do this,
229 first see if it is possible to fix @command{configure}.