On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Mike Jakubik <mike.jaku...@intertainservices.com> wrote: > On 2012-10-30 08:07 PM, Jason Andresen wrote: >> >> On Oct 30, 2012, at 15:56, Bernhard Fröhlich <de...@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >>> Clang does not support global registered variables so it's not supposed >>> to >>> work. >> >> >> Is this a feature? Is there a reason why clang couldn't be updated >> to support this if actual software is using it? > > > It is a feature, but it appears to be a dirty one. Below is a link to a > supposed Apple developer explaining the lack of this feature. I'm not a > programmer but a humble sysadmin, so i do not know if this is true. > > http://nondot.org/sabre/LLVMNotes/GlobalRegisterVariables.txt
That problem also prevents QEMU from being build correctly with LLVM. I'm just quoting the LLVM Users Manual: "clang does not support global register variables; this is unlikely to be implemented soon because it requires additional LLVM backend support." http://clang.llvm.org/docs/UsersManual.html -- Bernhard Froehlich http://www.bluelife.at/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-emulation-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
