Re: [PATCH] ARCv2: build: use mcpu=hs38 iso generic mcpu=archs

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Thu Oct 11 2018 - 17:47:38 EST


Hi Alexey,

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 09:22:50PM +0000, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> Hu Guenter,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-snps-arc [mailto:linux-snps-arc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Guenter Roeck
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 7:58 PM
> > To: Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-snps-arc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARCv2: build: use mcpu=hs38 iso generic mcpu=archs
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 03:13:10PM -0700, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> > > helps gcc with better instruction selections such as 64-bit multiply MPYD
> > >
> > > before
> > > ------
> > > 82c34b58 <sched_clock>:
> > > 82c34b58: ld r2,[0x83068d00]
> > > 82c34b60: add_s r2,r2,0x7530
> > > 82c34b66: mov_s r0,0x989680
> > > 82c34b6c: mpymu r5,r2,r0
> > > 82c34b70: mpy r4,r2,r0
> > > 82c34b74: mov_s r0,r4
> > > 82c34b76: j_s.d [blink]
> > > 82c34b78: mov_s r1,r5
> > > 82c34b7a: nop_s
> > >
> > > after
> > > ------
> > > 82c34b7c <sched_clock>:
> > > 82c34b7c: ld r0,[0x83064d00]
> > > 82c34b84: add_s r0,r0,0x7530
> > > 82c34b8a: mpydu r0,r0,0x989680
> > > 82c34b92: j_s [blink]
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This patch causes my arc2 test builds to fail
> >
> > Building arc:axs103_defconfig ... failed
> > --------------
> > Error log:
> >
> > standard input}: Assembler messages:
> > {standard input}:154: Error: inappropriate arguments for opcode 'st'
> > {standard input}:157: Error: Insn j_s has a jump/branch instruction j_s in its delay slot.
> > {standard input}:186: Error: inappropriate arguments for opcode 'st'
> > make[3]: *** [net/core/dev.o] Error 1
> > make[2]: *** [net/core] Error 2
> >
> > Building arc:nsim_hs_smp_defconfig ... failed
> > --------------
> > Error log:
> > {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> > {standard input}:218: Error: inappropriate arguments for opcode 'st'
> > {standard input}:9329: Error: inappropriate arguments for opcode 'st'
> >
> > Building arc:vdk_hs38_smp_defconfig ... failed
> > --------------
> > Error log:
> >
> > {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> > {standard input}:9629: Error: inappropriate arguments for opcode 'st'
> > {standard input}:9883: Error: inappropriate arguments for opcode 'st'
> >
> > I use a toolchain based on gcc 7.3.0 and binutils 2.30. What version
> > of gcc and binutils do I need for the builds to complete ?
>
> I would strongly recommend to use GCC 8.2+ for ARC as there were
> quite some improvements and fixes done for ARC.
>
> You may use master branch of Crosstool-NG for building uClibc multilib toolchain
> for ARC based on Binutils 2.31.1 and GCC 8.2.0.
>

Yes, I had figured that out a couple of weeks ago and already switched
to those revisions.

Thanks,
Guenter