Thanks Fernando. The thing is that I built gcc 4.8 for Alpha and compiled binaries for alpha work with qemu. But fail to work with gem5. So, I was wondering about possible reasons ?
-Ayaz On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Fernando Endo <fernando.en...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > gem5-users mailing list > gem5-users@gem5.org > http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gem5-users >
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