On 13 September 2016 at 13:43, <pcj...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm implementing cross-compilation support in rules_go
> <https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go>.  This takes a low-level
> approach to building golang targets that involves use of the individual
> toolchain components such as 'go tool asm', 'go tool compile', 'go tool
> link', etc...
>
> Cross-compilation of pure-go inputs is working swimmingly.  However, I'm
> wondering how to cross-compile assembly inputs correctly.  Consider the
> following assembly file that defines an 'add' method.
>
> *#include "textflag.h"*
>
> *TEXT ·add(SB),NOSPLIT,$0*
> * MOVQ x+0(FP), BX*
> * MOVQ y+8(FP), BP*
> * ADDQ BP, BX*
> * MOVQ BX, ret+16(FP)*
> * RET*
>
> For example, this works:
>
> *$ go tool asm -I $(go env GOROOT)/pkg/include -o add.o add.s*
> *$ hexdump add.o*
>
> *0000000 67 6f 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 20 64 61 72 77 69 6e*
>
> *0000010 20 61 6d 64 36 34 20 67 6f 31 2e 36 2e 32 0a 21*
>
> *0000020 0a 00 00 67 6f 31 33 6c 64 01 00 fe 02 0c 22 22*
>
> *0000030 2e 61 64 64 00 00 40 00 00 40 48 8b 5c 24 08 48*
>
> *0000040 8b 6c 24 10 48 01 eb 48 89 5c 24 18 c3 cc cc cc*
>
> *0000050 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 00 ff ff ff ff 0f*
>
> *0000060 00 02 00 00 06 02 20 00 06 02 20 00 16 0a 05 02*
>
> *0000070 05 02 03 02 05 02 0e 00 00 02 28 22 22 2e 61 64*
>
> *0000080 64 2e 61 72 67 73 5f 73 74 61 63 6b 6d 61 70 00*
>
> *0000090 00 02 52 2f 55 73 65 72 73 2f 70 63 6a 2f 67 69*
>
> *00000a0 74 68 75 62 2f 67 72 70 63 2d 67 72 65 65 74 65*
>
> *00000b0 72 74 69 6d 65 72 2f 61 64 64 2e 73 02 ff ff 67*
>
> *00000c0 6f 31 33 6c 64                                 *
>
> *00000c5*
>
>
> Given the magic of "goose" and "garch" (and it is magical), I expected
> this to work:
>
> *$ env GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm go tool asm -I $(go env GOROOT)/pkg/include
> -o add.o add.s*
>
> *add.s:4: unrecognized instruction "MOVQ"*
>
> *add.s:5: unrecognized instruction "MOVQ"*
>
> *add.s:6: unrecognized instruction "ADDQ"*
>
> *add.s:7: unrecognized instruction "MOVQ"*
>
> *asm: asm: assembly of add.s failed*
>

The problem here is that MOVQ is not a valid instruction for arm.


> This was the initial issue for this post.  However, I figured that part
> out (the std library needs to be compiled first).  So this works:
>
> *$ env GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm go install std && go tool asm -I $(go env
> GOROOT)/pkg/include -o add.o add.s*
>

And here, the GOOS/GOARCH settings only apply to the first command that is
run, not the asm invocation.

Cheers,
mwh


> However, now I'm curious why whatever platform GOOS_GOARCH I choose, the
> file is exactly the same (see hexdump above).
>
> So i'm wondering why that is.  Am I doing something wrong?  If not, why
> are GOOS and GOARCH needed at all at this stage?
>
> Thanks for helping me clear this up, and thanks for golang!
> Paul
>
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