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
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