On Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:02:58 GMT, Robbin Ehn <r...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Hi please consider. >> >> This works with 2.30, 2.34, 2.38, 2.39, 2.40, 2.41 and current master head. >> (tested x64 and some RV) >> >> There are 4 changes in binutils we work around. >> - zstd compressed debug sections >> - libsframe added >> - init_disassemble_info() change >> - libbfd.a is only present in .lib directory in newer binutils builds (older >> it is in both directories) (I think the issue is that we never do make >> install, thus have dependency on internal artifact placement) >> >> Specific to RV, there is a bug in binutils causing the standard extensions >> not being added to disassembler if we pass in NULL. >> >> This no way near perfect, but at least we can build hsdis with any >> contemporary binutils. >> >> Todo better I think we need to build and install binutils to check the >> version and then use that version to figure out what options to use when >> re-building and re-installing binutils for hsdis. >> >> I asked tool-chain people about our issues, they said, you can't do that. >> I.e. have source dependencies on many binutils versions. >> >> As RV is new and have new instructions added to it frequently we really need >> to be able to build with bleeding-edge binutils. (capstone RV is not >> actively worked on, llvm have many more dependencies) > > Robbin Ehn has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge > or a rebase. The pull request now contains ten commits: > > - Merge branch 'master' into binutils-working > - Fixed include > - Fix installed binutils > - Merge branch 'master' into binutils-working > - Minor fixes > - Check API during conf > - Reverted bad change > - Added parameter name > - Binutils fix @djelinski can you test it out? ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15138#issuecomment-1771003651
