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diff --git a/doc/getting/LLVM.rst b/doc/getting/LLVM.rst deleted file mode 100644 index b8dde9735..000000000 --- a/doc/getting/LLVM.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -.. _BUILD:llvm: - -LLVM backend -############ - -.. rubric:: Requirements - -* GCC (Gnu Compiler Collection) -* GNAT (Ada compiler for GCC) -* LLVM (Low-Level-Virtual Machine) and CLANG (Compiler front-end for LLVM): 3.5, 3.8, 3.9, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0 or 11.0 - -.. _BUILD:llvm:GNAT: - -GCC/GNAT: GNU/Linux or Windows (MinGW/MSYS2) -============================================ - -.. HINT:: You need to install LLVM (usually depends on ``libedit``, see :ghdlsharp:`29`). Debugging is supported with LLVM 3.5 or ``>=6``. - -GHDL is configured by ``configure`` and built by ``make``. - -* First, GHDL needs to be configured. It is common to specify a ``PREFIX`` - (installation directory like ``/usr/local`` or ``/opt/ghdl``). Set the proper - arg, ``./configure --with-llvm-config``, to select LLVM backend. If - ``llvm-config`` is not in your path, you can specify it: - ``./configure --with-llvm-config=LLVM_INSTALL/bin/llvm-config``. - -* Next, ``make`` starts the compilation process. - -* Finally, ``make install`` installs GHDL into the installation directory - specified by ``PREFIX``. - -.. rubric:: Example: - -.. code-block:: Bash - - $ cd <ghdl> - $ mkdir build - $ cd build - $ ../configure --with-llvm-config --prefix=PREFIX - $ make - $ make install - -.. HINT:: If you want to have stack backtraces on errors (like assert failure or index of out bounds), you need to configure and build ``libbacktrace`` from GCC (you don't need to configure GCC). Then add the following arg to configure: ``--with-backtrace-lib=/path-to-gcc-build/libbacktrace/.libs/libbacktrace.a`` |