[Llvm-bgq-discuss] lldb

Hal Finkel hfinkel at anl.gov
Tue Mar 4 13:01:52 CST 2014


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hal Finkel" <hfinkel at anl.gov>
> To: "John A. Biddiscombe" <biddisco at cscs.ch>
> Cc: llvm-bgq-discuss at lists.alcf.anl.gov
> Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 1:00:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Llvm-bgq-discuss] lldb
> 
> 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

Although you need one for the IONs; hrmm... you may need to recompile it yourself then.

 -Hal

> 
>  -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
> > 
> > 
> 
> --
> 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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