LLVM/Clang cross-compiling for ARM

[Damjan Marion]

Hi Vassilis,

On Apr 14, 2011, at 12:02 AM, Vassilis Laganakos wrote:

> Hello Damjan,
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From:Damjan Marion <damjan.marion at gmail.com>
>> To:freebsd-arm at freebsd.org
>> Cc:
>> Sent:Sunday, April 10, 2011 5:10 PM
>> Subject:Re: LLVM/Clang cross-compiling for ARM
>> 
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> What is the current status of LLVM/Clang cross-compiling for ARM targets?
>> Is anybody working actively on this?
>> 
> 
> I started taking a look into building llvm as cross-compiler
> for ARM and trying to build -CURRENT for an existing port,
> so see how far we get :)
> 
> I'm currently stuck a bit in the first step :) As Mark T. pointed
> out in a recent email, llvm in -CURRENT does not cross-build,
> so we have to use an external compiler for now.

What exactly is missing in current version of llvm in -CURRENT?

After reading some high level overview of llvm i was under impression
that llvm natively supports multiple targets, but seems that I was wrong.

> 
> I'll hopefully get back soon with some useful info about this...

Cool, please keep us updated.

Thanks,

Damjan