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<center><h1>Getting Started with the LLVM System<br><font size=3>By: <a
href="mailto:gshi1@uiuc.edu">Guochun Shi</a>,
<a href="mailto:sabre@nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a>,
<a href="mailto:criswell@uiuc.edu">John Criswell</a>, and
<a href="mailto:criswell@uiuc.edu">John Criswell</a>,
<a href="http://misha.brukman.net">Misha Brukman</a>, and
<a href="http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/~vadve">Vikram Adve</a>
</font></h1></center>
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<li><a href="#objfiles">The Location of LLVM Object Files</tt></a>
</ol>
<li><a href="#layout">Program layout</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="#cvsdir"><tt>CVS</tt> directories</a>
<li><a href="#include"><tt>llvm/include</tt></a>
<li><a href="#lib"><tt>llvm/lib</tt></a>
<li><a href="#test"><tt>llvm/test</tt></a>
<li><a href="#tools"><tt>llvm/tools</tt></a>
</ol>
<ol>
<li><a href="#cvsdir"><tt>CVS</tt> directories</a>
<li><a href="#include"><tt>llvm/include</tt></a>
<li><a href="#lib"><tt>llvm/lib</tt></a>
<li><a href="#test"><tt>llvm/test</tt></a>
<li><a href="#tools"><tt>llvm/tools</tt></a>
<li><a href="#utils"><tt>llvm/utils</tt></a>
</ol>
<li><a href="#cfront">Compiling the LLVM C Front End</a>
<li><a href="#tutorial">An Example Using the LLVM Tool Chain</a>
<li><a href="#problems">Common Problems</a>
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<ol>
<li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-llvm-to-live</i></tt>
<li><tt>gunzip --stdout llvm.tar.gz | tar -xvf -</tt>
<li><tt>gunzip --stdout cfrontend.<i>platform</i>.tar.gz | tar -xvf -</tt>
<li><tt>gunzip --stdout cfrontend.<i>platform</i>.tar.gz | tar
-xvf -</tt>
<li><tt>cd llvm</tt>
</ol>
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<li>With anonymous CVS access:
<ol>
<li>Find the path to the CVS repository containing LLVM (we'll call this <i>CVSROOTDIR</i>).
<li>Find the path to the CVS repository containing LLVM (we'll
call this <i>CVSROOTDIR</i>).
<li><tt>cd <i>where-you-want-llvm-to-live</i></tt>
<li><tt>cvs -d <i>CVSROOTDIR</i> checkout llvm</tt>
<li><tt>cd llvm</tt>
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<ul>
<li><tt>--with-objroot=<i>directory</i></tt>
<br>
Specify where object files should be placed during the build.
Specify where object files should be placed during the
build.
<li><tt>--with-llvmgccdir=<i>directory</i></tt>
<br>
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</dl>
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<h3><a name="utils"><tt>llvm/utils</tt></a></h3>
<!------------------------------------------------------------------------->
This directory contains utilities for working with LLVM sourcecode, and some
of the utilities are actually required as part of the build process because
they are code generators for parts of LLVM infrastructure.
<dl compact>
<td><tt><b>Burg</b></tt><dd> <tt>Burg</tt> is an instruction selector
generator -- it builds trees on which it then performs pattern-matching to
select instructions according to the patterns the user has specified. Burg
is currently used in the Sparc V9 backend.<p>
<dt><tt><b>codegen-diff</b></tt><dd> <tt>codegen-diff</tt> is a script
that finds differences between code that LLC generates and code that LLI
generates. This is a useful tool if you are debugging one of them,
assuming that the other generates correct output. For the full user
manual, run <tt>`perldoc codegen-diff'</tt>.<p>
<dt><tt><b>cvsupdate</b></tt><dd> <tt>cvsupdate</tt> is a script that will
update your CVS tree, but produce a much cleaner and more organized output
than simply running <tt>`cvs up -dP'</tt> will. For example, it will group
together all the new and updated files and modified files in separate
sections, so you can see at a glance what has changed. If you are at the
top of your LLVM CVS tree, running <tt>utils/cvsupdate</tt> is the
preferred way of updating the tree.<p>
<dt><tt><b>emacs</b></tt><dd> The <tt>emacs</tt> directory contains
syntax-highlighting files which will work with Emacs and XEmacs editors,
providing syntax highlighting support for LLVM assembly files and TableGen
description files.<p>
<dt><tt><b>getsrcs.sh</b></tt><dd> The <tt>getsrcs.sh</tt> script finds
and outputs all non-generated source files, which is useful if one wishes
to do a lot of development across directories and does not want to
individually find each file. One way to use it is to run, for example:
<tt>xemacs `utils/getsources.sh`</tt> from the top of your LLVM source
tree.<p>
<dt><tt><b>makellvm</b></tt><dd> The <tt>makellvm</tt> script compiles all
files in the current directory and then compiles and links the tool that
is the first argument. For example, assuming you are in the directory
<tt>llvm/lib/Target/Sparc</tt>, if <tt>makellvm</tt> is in your path,
simply running <tt>makellvm llc</tt> will make a build of the current
directory, switch to directory <tt>llvm/tools/llc</tt> and build it,
causing a re-linking of LLC.<p>
<dt><tt><b>NightlyTest.pl</b></tt> and
<tt><b>NightlyTestTemplate.html</b></tt><dd> These files are used in a
cron script to generate nightly status reports of the functionality of
tools, and the results can be seen by following the appropriate link on
the <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu/">LLVM homepage</a>.<p>
<dt><tt><b>TableGen</b></tt><dd> The <tt>TableGen</tt> directory contains
the tool used to generate register descriptions, instruction set
descriptins, and even assemblers from common TableGen description
files.<p>
<dt><tt><b>vim</b></tt><dd> The <tt>vim</tt> directory contains
syntax-highlighting files which will work with the VIM editor, providing
syntax highlighting support for LLVM assembly files and TableGen
description files.<p>
</dl>
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<h2><center><a name="cfront">Compiling the LLVM C Front End</center></h2>
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