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authorYann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>2011-01-28 17:53:37 (GMT)
committerYann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>2011-01-28 17:53:37 (GMT)
commitadbf0ff180e2f2f53a635eb2287ab2b2497e5a0d (patch)
tree9c0ec0e03d905a0e5bec0a5a9af91d55860b861d /config
parenta2e31b9c53a6abc4cb58297016331255056f969e (diff)
cc/gcc: enable plugins if needed
Enabling plugins in binutils is not enough, and gcc also needs to be ./configured with --enable-plugins, although this is not documented anywhere... :-/ Reported-by: karthik duraisami <kdconstant@hotmail.com> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Diffstat (limited to 'config')
-rw-r--r--config/cc/gcc.in22
-rw-r--r--config/cc/gcc.in.28
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config/cc/gcc.in b/config/cc/gcc.in
index eb69f97..3c18b8b 100644
--- a/config/cc/gcc.in
+++ b/config/cc/gcc.in
@@ -164,10 +164,32 @@ config CC_GCC_HAS_GRAPHITE
bool
default n
+# The way LTO works is a bit twisted.
+# See: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/LinkTimeOptimization#Requirements
+# Basically:
+# - if binutils has plugins: LTO is handled by ld/gold by loading
+# the plugin when linking
+# - if binutils does not have plugins: LTO is handled by collect2
+# In any case, LTO support does not depend on plugins, but takes
+# advantage of it
config CC_GCC_HAS_LTO
bool
default n
+# Only enable gcc's support for plugins if binutils has it as well
+# They are usefull only when doing LTO, but it does no harm enabling
+# them even without LTO.
+config CC_GCC_ENABLE_PLUGINS
+ bool
+ depends on BINUTILS_PLUGINS
+ default y
+
+# If binutils installs gold, enable support for gold in gcc
+config CC_GCC_GOLD
+ bool
+ depends on BINUTILS_GOLD_INSTALLED
+ default y
+
config CC_GCC_USE_GMP_MPFR
bool
default n
diff --git a/config/cc/gcc.in.2 b/config/cc/gcc.in.2
index 9e08689..642ea5b 100644
--- a/config/cc/gcc.in.2
+++ b/config/cc/gcc.in.2
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ config CC_GCC_USE_GRAPHITE
On some systems (eg. Cygwin), PPL and/or CLooG may not
build properly (yet), so you'll have to say 'N' here.
+# The way LTO works is a bit twisted.
+# See: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/LinkTimeOptimization#Requirements
+# Basically:
+# - if binutils has plugins: LTO is handled by ld/gold by loading
+# the plugin when linking
+# - if binutils does not have plugins: LTO is handled by collect2
+# In any case, LTO support does not depend on plugins, but takes
+# advantage of it
config CC_GCC_USE_LTO
bool
prompt "Enable LTO"