Hello, I assume that the Alpha support in gcc was droped a long time ago, so backporting it to a very recent gcc may not work.
Regards, -- Fernando A. Endo, Post-doc INRIA Rennes-Bretagne Atlantique France 2016-07-12 23:09 GMT+02:00 Ayaz Akram <aaq...@gmail.com>: > Thanks, Andreas. Actually I needed to test something specifically for > Alpha. > > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Andreas Hansson <andreas.hans...@arm.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Ayaz, >> >> Unless there is a very specific need to run Alpha, as a user you’re >> better off using ARM or X86: better gem5 support, up-to-date kernels, >> latest tool chains, Android support etc. >> >> Andreas >> >> From: gem5-users <gem5-users-boun...@gem5.org> on behalf of Ayaz Akram < >> aaq...@gmail.com> >> Reply-To: gem5 users mailing list <gem5-users@gem5.org> >> Date: Tuesday, 12 July 2016 at 21:58 >> To: gem5 users mailing list <gem5-users@gem5.org> >> Subject: [gem5-users] Gcc 4.8.5 for Alpha >> >> Hi All, >> >> I recently built an alpha cross compiler using crosstool-ng (version >> 1.22). The built cross compiler version is gcc 4.8.5 with linux kernel 3.18 >> headers. The problem is that the generated binaries with this cross >> compiler fail to run on gem5 (fault is raised saying "tried to access >> unmapped address") in SE mode. The binaries generated with alpha cross >> compiler on gem5's website work fine. I have also changed the uname related >> syscall implementation in gem5 for alpha (to return correct kernel release >> no.). >> >> Actually I get "no .eh_frame_hdr table will be created" error from >> compiler when I compile alpha programs. But, according to my understanding >> this should not effect the functionality of binaries. Also, the compiled >> binaries work fine with qemu-alpha. >> >> I wonder if someone has successfully used recent gcc version for alpha >> with gem5? >> >> I will appreciate your time ! >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Ayaz >> IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are >> confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended >> recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the >> contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the >> information in any medium. Thank you. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gem5-users mailing list >> gem5-users@gem5.org >> http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > gem5-users mailing list > gem5-users@gem5.org > http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users >
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