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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/binutils.xml | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/gcc.xml | 12 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/binutils.xml b/chapter06/binutils.xml index ae8aff092..8daeb5616 100644 --- a/chapter06/binutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/binutils.xml @@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen> <screen><userinput remap="pre">rm -fv etc/standards.info sed -i.bak '/^INFO/s/standards.info //' etc/Makefile.in</userinput></screen> + <para>Add an upstream patch to use gcc's link time optimization (LTO) + the default:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-lto-patch;</userinput></screen> + <para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para> @@ -114,15 +119,9 @@ cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen> <para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput remap="install">make tooldir=/usr install</userinput></screen> -<!-- - <para>Install the <filename class="headerfile">libiberty</filename> header - file that is needed by some packages:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v ../binutils-&binutils-version;/include/libiberty.h /usr/include</userinput></screen> ---> </sect2> - <sect2 id="contents-binutils" role="content"> <title>Contents of Binutils</title> diff --git a/chapter06/gcc.xml b/chapter06/gcc.xml index 7c92ccf28..c1434e7e3 100644 --- a/chapter06/gcc.xml +++ b/chapter06/gcc.xml @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ programs to fail:</para> <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&gcc-upstream-patch;</userinput></screen> - +<!-- <para>As in <xref linkend="ch-tools-gcc-pass2"/>, apply the following <command>sed</command> to force the build to use the <option>-fomit-frame-pointer</option> compiler flag in order to ensure @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ <screen><userinput remap="pre">case `uname -m` in i?86) sed -i 's/^T_CFLAGS =$/& -fomit-frame-pointer/' gcc/Makefile.in ;; esac</userinput></screen> - +--> <para>The GCC documentation recommends building GCC outside of the source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para> @@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput remap="install">ln -sv gcc /usr/bin/cc</userinput></screen> + <para>Add a compatibility symlink to enable building programs with + Link Time Optimization (LTO):</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="install">install -dm755 /usr/lib/bfd-plugins +pushd /usr/lib/bfd-plugins +ln -sfv ../../libexec/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/&gcc-version;/liblto_plugin.so +popd</userinput></screen> + <para>Now that our final toolchain is in place, it is important to again ensure that compiling and linking will work as expected. We do this by performing the same sanity checks as we did earlier in the chapter:</para> |