config/cc/gcc.in.2
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Sat Oct 09 11:38:04 2010 +0200 (2010-10-09)
changeset 2146 3b812ba8d001
parent 2145 efea409ff8be
child 2211 2f67667ee385
permissions -rw-r--r--
cc/gcc: add an option to enable/disable build of libssp

libssp is the run-time Stack-Smashing Protection library.
It can be usefull to have or miss, depends...

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
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# Misc library-related options
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config CC_GCC_ENABLE_TARGET_OPTSPACE
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    bool
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    prompt "Optimize gcc libs for size"
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    default y
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    help
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      Pass --enable-target-optspace to crossgcc's configure.
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      This will compile crossgcc's libs with -Os.
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config CC_GCC_USE_GRAPHITE
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    bool
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    prompt "Enable GRAPHITE loop optimisations"
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    default y
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    depends on CC_GCC_HAS_GRAPHITE
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    select CC_GCC_USE_PPL_CLOOG
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    help
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      Enable the GRAPHITE loop optimsations.
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      This requires the PPL and CLooG companion libraries, and
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      those will be automatically build for you.
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      On some systems (eg. Cygwin), PPL and/or CLooG may not
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      build properly (yet), so you'll have to say 'N' here.
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config CC_GCC_USE_LTO
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    bool
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    prompt "Enable LTO"
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    default y
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    depends on CC_GCC_HAS_LTO
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    select CC_GCC_USE_LIBELF
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    help
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      Enable the Link Time Optimisations.
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      This will require the libelf companion library, and it
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      wil be build automatically for you.
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config CC_STATIC_LIBSTDCXX
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    bool
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    prompt "Link libstdc++ statically into the gcc binary"
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    default y
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    depends on CC_GCC_4_4_or_later
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    help
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      Newer gcc versions use the PPL library which is C++ code.  Statically
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      linking libstdc++ increases the likeliness that the gcc binary will
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      run on machines other than the one which it was built on, without
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      having to worry about distributing the matching version of libstdc++
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      along with it.
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config CC_GCC_LIBMUDFLAP
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    bool
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    prompt "Compile libmudflap"
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    default n
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    help
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      libmudflap is a pointer-use checking tool, which can detect
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      various mis-usages of pointers in C and (to some extents) C++.
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      You should say 'N' here, as libmduflap generates instrumented
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      code (thus it is a bit bigger and a bit slower) and requires
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      re-compilation and re-link, while it exists better run-time
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      alternatives (eg. DUMA, dmalloc...) that need neither re-
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      compilation nor re-link.
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config CC_GCC_LIBGOMP
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    bool
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    prompt "Compile libgomp"
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    default n
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    help
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      libgomp is "the GNU implementation of the OpenMP Application Programming
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      Interface (API) for multi-platform shared-memory parallel programming in
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      C/C++ and Fortran". See:
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        http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libgomp/
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      The default is 'N'. Say 'Y' if you need it, and report success/failure.
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config CC_GCC_LIBSSP
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    bool
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    prompt "Compile libssp"
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    default n
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    help
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      libssp is the run-time Stack-Smashing Protection library.
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      The default is 'N'. Say 'Y' if you need it, and report success/failure.
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#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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comment "Misc. obscure options."
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config CC_CXA_ATEXIT
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    bool
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    prompt "Use __cxa_atexit"
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    default y
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    depends on ! BARE_METAL
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    help
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      If you get the missing symbol "__cxa_atexit" when building C++ programs,
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      you might want to try disabling this option.
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config CC_GCC_DISABLE_PCH
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    bool
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    prompt "Do not build PCH"
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    default n
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    help
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      Say 'y' here to not use Pre-Compiled Headers in the resulting toolchain.
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      at the expense of speed when compiling C++ code.
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      For some configurations (most notably canadian?), PCH are broken, and
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      need to be disabled. Please see:
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        http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40974
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config CC_GCC_SJLJ_EXCEPTIONS
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    tristate
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    prompt "Use sjlj for exceptions"
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    depends on ! BARE_METAL
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    default m
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    help
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      'sjlj' is short for setjmp/longjmp.
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      On some architectures, stack unwinding during exception handling
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      works perfectly well without using sjlj, while on some others,
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      use of sjlj is required for proper stack unwinding.
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       Option  | sjlj use           | Associated ./configure switch
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      ---------+--------------------+--------------------------------
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         Y     | forcibly used      | --enable-sjlj-exceptions
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         M     | auto               | (none, ./configure decides)
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         N     | forcibly not used  | --disable-sjlj-exceptions
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      It should be safe to say 'M' or 'N'.
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      It can happen that ./configure is wrong in some cases. Known
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      case is for ARM big endian, where you should say 'N'.
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config CC_GCC_LDBL_128
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    tristate
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    prompt "Enable 128-bit long doubles"
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    default m
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    depends on CC_GCC_4_2_or_later
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    help
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      Saying 'Y' will force gcc to use 128-bit wide long doubles
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      Saying 'N' will force gcc to use 64-bit wide long doubles
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      Saying 'M' will let gcc choose (default is 128-bit for
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                 glibc >= 2.4, 64-bit otherwise)
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      If in doubt, keep the default, ie. 'M'.