[Llvm-bgq-discuss] lldb

[Biddiscombe, John A.]

Sadly this is an EPFl/CSCS machine, so I’m essentially on my own as I
don’t think others are yet using these toolchains for current development
on the machine. I can find 4.4.7 as the most up to date.

JB


On 04/03/14 20:00, "Hal Finkel" <hfinkel at anl.gov> wrote:

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