https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29961
Bug ID: 29961
Summary: /include/plugin-api.h:162:2: error: #error "Could not
detect architecture endianess"
Product: binutils
Version: 2.39
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: binutils
Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
Reporter: dclarke at blastwave dot org
Target Milestone: ---
Firstly this may not be a bug at all. the real issue may be that I have
a very old machine which is an architecture that no one seems to support
anymore. However I feel it can not hurt to at least file this and then
receive "sorry, we don't work in the Smithsonian." :)
So the machine is, yes, really :
n$
n$ uname -a
SunOS nix 5.8 Generic_117350-62 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-20
n$
n$ psrinfo -v
Status of virtual processor 0 as of: 01/04/23 09:39:23
on-line since 07/16/22 09:39:20.
The sparc processor operates at 60 MHz,
and has a sparc floating point processor.
Status of virtual processor 2 as of: 01/04/23 09:39:23
on-line since 12/19/22 13:48:51.
The sparc processor operates at 60 MHz,
and has a sparc floating point processor.
n$
n$ gcc --version
gcc (Blastwave.org Inc. Mon Aug 9 07:10:45 GMT 2010) 4.5.1
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
n$
These units make lovely room heaters and you would be surprised that
they still run just fine. In any case there is plenty of GNU type open
software packages that build and test fine. I simply felt that a more
recent GNU as would be of value. I know that the Sun linker ld is what
I should stay with but the GNU as is far better at many things. Enough
said there.
I have tried both binutils-2.23.2 as well as binutils-2.39 where both
of these report a similar condition, however the 2.39 merely marches
onwards and then dies soon afterwards.
This is the 2.23.2 fail :
.
.
.
libtool: compile: /opt/csw/gcc4/bin/gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
-I../../binutils-2.23.2/bfd -I. -I../../binutils-2.23.2/bfd
-I../../binutils-2.23.2/bfd/../include -DHAVE_bfd_elf32_sparc_sol2_vec
-DHAVE_bfd_elf64_sparc_sol2_vec -DHAVE_sunos_big_vec
-DHAVE_bfd_elf64_little_generic_vec -DHAVE_bfd_elf64_big_generic_vec
-DHAVE_bfd_elf32_little_generic_vec -DHAVE_bfd_elf32_big_generic_vec
-I./../intl -DBINDIR=\"/opt/bw/bin\" -I/opt/bw/include -W -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wshadow -Werror -m32 -g -O0
-fno-builtin -mno-app-regs -mhard-float -mno-faster-structs -mstd-struct-return
-mcpu=v8 -mno-v8plus -mno-vis -MT bfd.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/bfd.Tpo -c
../../binutils-2.23.2/bfd/bfd.c -o bfd.o
cc1: warnings being treated as errors
../../binutils-2.23.2/bfd/bfd.c: In function ‘_bfd_abort’:
../../binutils-2.23.2/bfd/bfd.c:1047:1: error: ‘noreturn’ function does return
gmake[4]: *** [Makefile:1575: bfd.lo] Error 1
gmake[4]: Leaving directory
'/opt/bw/build/binutils-2.23.2_SunOS5.8_sun4m.003/bfd'
gmake[3]: *** [Makefile:1617: all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory
'/opt/bw/build/binutils-2.23.2_SunOS5.8_sun4m.003/bfd'
gmake[2]: *** [Makefile:1108: all] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory
'/opt/bw/build/binutils-2.23.2_SunOS5.8_sun4m.003/bfd'
gmake[1]: *** [Makefile:2505: all-bfd] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/bw/build/binutils-2.23.2_SunOS5.8_sun4m.003'
gmake: *** [Makefile:838: all] Error 2
So let's not bother with that old version. Moving onwards to the
very recent 2.39 where I also see this as a warning :
gmake[4]: Entering directory
'/opt/bw/build/binutils-2.39_SunOS5.8_sun4m.001/bfd'
rm -f bfd-tmp.h
cp bfd-in3.h bfd-tmp.h
/export/home/dclarke/bin/bash ../../binutils-2.39/bfd/../move-if-change
bfd-tmp.h bfd.h
rm -f bfd-tmp.h
touch stmp-bfd-h
CC archive.lo
CC archures.lo
CC bfd.lo
../../binutils-2.39/bfd/bfd.c: In function ‘_bfd_abort’:
../../binutils-2.39/bfd/bfd.c:1671:1: warning: ‘noreturn’ function does return
CC bfdio.lo
CC bfdwin.lo
CC cache.lo
.
.
.
.
Then we get a kaboom fail at :
CC elflink.lo
In file included from ../../binutils-2.39/bfd/elflink.c:31:0:
../../binutils-2.39/bfd/../include/plugin-api.h:162:2: error: #error "Could not
detect architecture endianess"
gmake[4]: *** [Makefile:1752: elflink.lo] Error 1
gmake[4]: Leaving directory
'/opt/bw/build/binutils-2.39_SunOS5.8_sun4m.001/bfd'
gmake[3]: *** [Makefile:1932: all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory
'/opt/bw/build/binutils-2.39_SunOS5.8_sun4m.001/bfd'
gmake[2]: *** [Makefile:1321: all] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory
'/opt/bw/build/binutils-2.39_SunOS5.8_sun4m.001/bfd'
gmake[1]: *** [Makefile:3056: all-bfd] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/bw/build/binutils-2.39_SunOS5.8_sun4m.001'
gmake: *** [Makefile:1003: all] Error 2
That is a surprise to me.
Looking into include/plugin-api.h we see :
struct ld_plugin_symbol
{
char *name;
char *version;
/* This is for compatibility with older ABIs. The older ABI defined
only 'def' field. */
#if PLUGIN_BIG_ENDIAN == 1
char unused;
char section_kind;
char symbol_type;
char def;
#elif PLUGIN_LITTLE_ENDIAN == 1
char def;
char symbol_type;
char section_kind;
char unused;
#elif PLUGIN_PDP_ENDIAN == 1
char symbol_type;
char def;
char unused;
char section_kind;
#else
#error "Could not detect architecture endianess"
#endif
int visibility;
uint64_t size;
char *comdat_key;
int resolution;
};
I am guessing that PLUGIN_BIG_ENDIAN simply did not get set somewhere?
As I say, this may all be a waster of time but for the sake of my fun
little Canadian "Sun" room heater here is the environment and the output
from configure :
n$ env | sort
CC=/opt/csw/gcc4/bin/gcc
CFLAGS=-m32 -g -O0 -fno-builtin -mno-app-regs -mhard-float -mno-faster-structs
-mstd-struct-return -mcpu=v8 -mno-v8plus -mno-vis
COLUMNS=92
CONFIG_SHELL=/export/home/dclarke/bin/bash
CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/bw/include
CXXFLAGS=-m32 -g -O0 -fno-builtin -mno-app-regs -mhard-float
-mno-faster-structs -mstd-struct-return -mcpu=v8 -mno-v8plus -mno-vis
CXX=/opt/csw/gcc4/bin/c++
DISPLAY=sedna.genunix.com:0
_DVFS_RECONFIG=YES
EDITOR=/usr/xpg4/bin/vi
GNAT=/opt/csw/gcc4/bin/gnat
HISTFILE=/export/home/dclarke/.sh_history
HISTSIZE=1024
HOME=/export/home/dclarke
HZ=100
_INIT_NET_STRATEGY=none
_INIT_PREV_LEVEL=S
_INIT_RUN_LEVEL=3
_INIT_RUN_NPREV=0
_INIT_UTS_ISA=sparc
_INIT_UTS_MACHINE=sun4m
_INIT_UTS_NODENAME=nix
_INIT_UTS_PLATFORM=SUNW,SPARCstation-20
_INIT_UTS_RELEASE=5.8
_INIT_UTS_SYSNAME=SunOS
_INIT_UTS_VERSION=Generic_117350-62
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
LD_OPTIONS=-R/opt/bw/lib -R/opt/imed/gcc4/lib -L/opt/bw/lib
-L/opt/imed/gcc4/lib
LD=/usr/ccs/bin/ld
LINES=14
LOGNAME=dclarke
M4=/opt/bw/bin/m4
MAIL=/var/mail/dclarke
MAKE=/opt/bw/bin/gmake
MANPATH=/opt/bw/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/X11/share/man
NICE=/usr/xpg4/bin/nice
NM=/usr/ccs/bin/nm -p
OLDPWD=/opt/bw/build
PAGER=/usr/xpg4/bin/more
PATCH=/opt/bw/bin/gpatch
PATH=/opt/bw/bin:/opt/bw/sbin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/openwin/bin:/opt/csw/gcc4/bin:/opt/schily/bin
PERL=/opt/bw/bin/perl
PWD=/opt/bw/build/binutils-2.39_SunOS5.8_sun4m.001
SHELL=/export/home/dclarke/bin/bash
SHLVL=1
SRC=/opt/bw/src
TERM=vt100
TIME=/usr/bin/time
TMPDIR=/var/tmp/dclarke
TZ=GMT0
_=/usr/xpg4/bin/env
VISUAL=/usr/xpg4/bin/vi
XTERM_LOCALE=en_US.UTF-8
n$
Note that there is nothing at /opt/imed because that is the destination
for a GCC bootstrap that I want to try. After binutils builds me a new
and shiney GNU as.
Configure looks like :
n$ date -u ; pwd
Wed Jan 4 01:36:49 GMT 2023
/opt/bw/build/binutils-2.39_SunOS5.8_sun4m.001
n$ ../binutils-2.39/configure \
> --build=sparc-sun-solaris2.8 \
> --target=sparc-sun-solaris2.8 \
> --host=sparc-sun-solaris2.8 \
> --prefix=/opt/bw --program-prefix=g \
> --with-mpc=/opt/bw --with-mpfr=/opt/bw --with-gmp=/opt/bw \
> --with-build-time-tools=/opt/bw/bin
checking build system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.8
checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.8
checking target system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.8
checking for a BSD-compatible install... ../binutils-2.39/install-sh -c
checking whether ln works... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/xpg4/bin/sed
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-gcc... /opt/csw/gcc4/bin/gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether /opt/csw/gcc4/bin/gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for /opt/csw/gcc4/bin/gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for /opt/csw/gcc4/bin/gcc option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether /opt/csw/gcc4/bin/c++ accepts -g... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc... yes
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-gnatbind... no
checking for gnatbind... gnatbind
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-gnatmake... no
checking for gnatmake... gnatmake
checking whether compiler driver understands Ada... yes
checking how to compare bootstrapped objects... cmp --ignore-initial=16 $$f1
$$f2
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for isl 0.15 or later... no
required isl version is 0.15 or later
checking for default BUILD_CONFIG...
checking for --enable-vtable-verify... no
checking for bison... no
checking for byacc... no
checking for yacc... no
checking for bison... no
checking for gm4... /opt/bw/bin/m4
checking for flex... no
checking for lex... no
checking for flex... no
checking for makeinfo... makeinfo
checking for expect... no
checking for runtest... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-ar... no
checking for ar... ar
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-as... no
checking for as... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-dlltool... no
checking for dlltool... no
checking for ld... (cached) /usr/ccs/bin/ld
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-ld... (cached) /usr/ccs/bin/ld
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-lipo... no
checking for lipo... no
checking for nm... (cached) /usr/ccs/bin/nm -p
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-nm... (cached) /usr/ccs/bin/nm -p
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-ranlib... no
checking for ranlib... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-strip... no
checking for strip... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-windres... no
checking for windres... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-windmc... no
checking for windmc... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-objcopy... no
checking for objcopy... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-objdump... no
checking for objdump... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-readelf... no
checking for readelf... no
checking for -plugin option... checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-ar... (cached)
ar
no
checking for cc in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for gcc in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-gcc... sparc-sun-solaris2.8-gcc
checking for c++ in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for g++ in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for cxx in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for gxx in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-c++... sparc-sun-solaris2.8-c++
checking for gcc in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-gcc... sparc-sun-solaris2.8-gcc
checking for gfortran in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-gfortran... sparc-sun-solaris2.8-gfortran
checking for gccgo in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-gccgo... no
checking for gccgo... no
checking for ar in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for ar in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-ar... no
checking for ar... ar
checking for as in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for as in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-as... no
checking for as... no
checking for dlltool in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for dlltool in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-dlltool... no
checking for dlltool... no
checking for ld in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for ld in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-ld... no
checking for ld... no
checking for lipo in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for lipo in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-lipo... no
checking for lipo... no
checking for nm in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for nm in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-nm... no
checking for nm... nm
checking for objcopy in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for objcopy in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-objcopy... no
checking for objcopy... no
checking for objdump in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for objdump in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-objdump... no
checking for objdump... no
checking for ranlib in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for ranlib in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-ranlib... no
checking for ranlib... no
checking for readelf in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for readelf in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-readelf... no
checking for readelf... no
checking for strip in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for strip in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-strip... no
checking for strip... no
checking for windres in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for windres in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-windres... no
checking for windres... no
checking for windmc in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for windmc in /opt/bw/bin... no
checking for sparc-sun-solaris2.8-windmc... no
checking for windmc... no
checking where to find the target ar... just compiled
checking where to find the target as... just compiled
checking where to find the target cc... host tool
checking where to find the target c++... host tool
checking where to find the target c++ for libstdc++... host tool
checking where to find the target dlltool... just compiled
checking where to find the target gcc... host tool
checking where to find the target gfortran... host tool
checking where to find the target gccgo... host tool
checking where to find the target ld... just compiled
checking where to find the target lipo... host tool
checking where to find the target nm... just compiled
checking where to find the target objcopy... just compiled
checking where to find the target objdump... just compiled
checking where to find the target ranlib... just compiled
checking where to find the target readelf... just compiled
checking where to find the target strip... just compiled
checking where to find the target windres... just compiled
checking where to find the target windmc... just compiled
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
n$
So there we have it. Sort of curious if I should git clone out trunk and
then give it a whirl on the old machine. That will take a day.
I have yet to build up to date autotools. However a pile of other good
stuff "just works" and therefore binutils was a little holiday surprise.
--
Dennis Clarke
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
UNIX and Linux spoken
GreyBeard and suspenders optional
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