[ioquake3] Compiling on IBM Power5 using the IBM compiler

2012-05-24 Thread Yasir I . Al-Dosary - zgzg2020™
Hi, I am trying to compile on an IBM Power5+ machine. It went well when I used gcc compiler. However, I would like to use the IBM Compiler. Does anyone know how to set the makefile for it? I am still unused to Linux environment, so I would highly appreciate not using shortcut explanations : )

Re: [ioquake3] Compiling on IBM Power5 using the IBM compiler

2012-05-24 Thread Zack Middleton
The CC variable in the Makefile sets the compiler executable name. CC is set different in the Makefile depending on platform. You might be able in override it using `make CC=nameOfCompilerExecuteable' (I can't remember if this works), otherwise you could edit the Linux section of the Makefile modif

Re: [ioquake3] Compiling on IBM Power5 using the IBM compiler

2012-05-24 Thread Harley Laue
It's probably also worth noting that various *_CFLAGS (also the OPTIMIZEVM & OPTIMIZE values and maybe others) may need to be tweaked if the IBM compiler doesn't use the GCC style arguments (or doesn't understand them.) I don't know much about that compiler, so the options provided may work. On Th