[Llvm-bgq-discuss] lldb

Hal Finkel hfinkel at anl.gov
Tue Mar 4 13:00:06 CST 2014


This is on vesta, right? How about this one:
/bgsys/drivers/toolchain/V1R2M1_base_4.7.2/gnu-linux-4.7.2/bin/powerpc64-bgq-linux-gdb

 -Hal

----- Original Message -----
> From: "John A. Biddiscombe" <biddisco at cscs.ch>
> To: "Hal Finkel" <hfinkel at anl.gov>
> Cc: llvm-bgq-discuss at lists.alcf.anl.gov
> Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 12:57:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Llvm-bgq-discuss] lldb
> 
> I think we’re on 4.4.x I asked for a newer gdb and was met with some
> grumbling and whining about having to recompile stuff. I’ll see about
> installing one myself locally.
> 
> Ta
> 
> JB
> 
> On 04/03/14 19:38, "Hal Finkel" <hfinkel at anl.gov> wrote:
> 
> >What version of gdb are you using? You might want to try using the
> >gdb
> >that comes with the gcc 4.7 toolchain, it is much newer.
> >
> > -Hal
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "John A. Biddiscombe" <biddisco at cscs.ch>
> >> To: "Hal Finkel" <hfinkel at anl.gov>
> >> Cc: llvm-bgq-discuss at lists.alcf.anl.gov
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 12:36:06 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Llvm-bgq-discuss] lldb
> >> 
> >> Hal,
> >> 
> >> OK. I recompiled everything of mine over the last few days, and
> >> now
> >> gdb
> >> refuses to load any debug symbols. I wondered if they were
> >> incompatible
> >> and I had inadvertently been picking up the wrong ones before.
> >> I’ll
> >> try
> >> again and double check all my debug settings
> >> 
> >> Ta
> >> 
> >> JB
> >> 
> >> On 04/03/14 19:15, "Hal Finkel" <hfinkel at anl.gov> wrote:
> >> 
> >> >John,
> >> >
> >> >I've never tried it, and I don't even know if lldb supports
> >> >PowerPC
> >> >in
> >> >general. You can always extract the source and apply the patches
> >> >from the
> >> >source RPMs and try it. However, you might be stuck with gdb for
> >> >the
> >> >time
> >> >being.
> >> >
> >> > -Hal
> >> >
> >> >----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "John A. Biddiscombe" <biddisco at cscs.ch>
> >> >> To: llvm-bgq-discuss at lists.alcf.anl.gov
> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 12:12:19 PM
> >> >> Subject: [Llvm-bgq-discuss] lldb
> >> >> 
> >> >> Are there any pages out there describing how one sets up lldb
> >> >> to
> >> >> go
> >> >> alongside a bbq clang.
> >> >> I tried building lldb from source, but it wants to know where
> >> >> the
> >> >> llvm source is, and since I’m using the bbq clang I don’t have
> >> >> the
> >> >> source (I wanted to avoid compiling everything from scratch). I
> >> >> wonder if there’s an lldb binary for ppc out there anywhere.
> >> >> (Since I’m targeting Io nodes I’m hoping it’s more feasible to
> >> >> use
> >> >> lldb than it would be on the compute nodes)
> >> >> 
> >> >> Thanks
> >> >> 
> >> >> JB
> >> >> 
> >> >> 
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> >> 
> >> 
> >
> >--
> >Hal Finkel
> >Assistant Computational Scientist
> >Leadership Computing Facility
> >Argonne National Laboratory
> 
> 

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Hal Finkel
Assistant Computational Scientist
Leadership Computing Facility
Argonne National Laboratory


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