* autoconf macro for IEEE compiler flags
@ 2006-07-20 7:53 Steve M. Robbins
2006-07-23 9:57 ` Brian Gough
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Steve M. Robbins @ 2006-07-20 7:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gsl-discuss
Hello,
I recently discovered that another project I'm involved with doesn't
compile properly on Alpha using GCC unless option -mieee is used
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=368263]. I thought
to fix it by writing an autoconf macro, below, that I plan to place in
the autoconf macro archive http://autoconf-archive.cryp.to/
The reason for posting here is to get some feedback from the gsl
developers because (a) gsl developers are more aware of IEEE
arithmetic issues than most, and (b) I cribbed the main part of the
macro from GSL's configure script. ;-)
The main differences between GSL's current configure and the new macro
are: (1) I chose to modify CC rather than CFLAGS, following the model
of the standard automake macro AM_PROG_CC_STDC; and (2) I added the SH
cpu to the case switch because it, too, supports option -mieee.
Comments?
-Steve
dnl @synopsis AX_PROG_CC_IEEE
dnl
dnl Ensure that the compiler is emitting IEEE floating point arithmetic.
dnl This macro modifies the variable CC, adding any options required.
dnl
dnl @category C
dnl @author Steve Robbins <smr@debian.org>
dnl @version 2006-07-19
dnl @license AllPermissive
AC_DEFUN([AX_PROG_CC_IEEE],
[
AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
AC_CACHE_CHECK([for ${CC-cc} option to enable IEEE floating point],
ax_cv_prog_cc_ieee,
[
case "$host_cpu" in
alpha*)
if test X"$GCC" = Xyes ; then
ax_cv_prog_cc_ieee='-mieee -mfp-rounding-mode=d'
else
# This assumes Compaq's C compiler.
ax_cv_prog_cc_ieee='-ieee -fprm d'
fi
;;
sh*)
if test X"$GCC" = Xyes ; then
ax_cv_prog_cc_ieee='-mieee'
fi
;;
esac
if test X"$ax_cv_prog_cc_ieee" == X ; then
ax_cv_prog_cc_ieee="none"
else
ac_save_CC="$CC"
AC_LANG_PUSH(C)
CC="$CC $ax_cv_prog_cc_ieee"
AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([int foo;],
[],
[ax_cv_prog_cc_ieee="none"])
CC="$ac_save_CC"
AC_LANG_POP
fi
])
case "x$ax_cv_prog_cc_ieee" in
x|xnone) ;;
*) CC="$CC $ax_cv_prog_cc_ieee" ;;
esac
])
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* Re: autoconf macro for IEEE compiler flags
2006-07-20 7:53 autoconf macro for IEEE compiler flags Steve M. Robbins
@ 2006-07-23 9:57 ` Brian Gough
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Brian Gough @ 2006-07-23 9:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Steve M. Robbins; +Cc: gsl-discuss
At Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:04:29 -0400,
Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> The main differences between GSL's current configure and the new macro
> are: (1) I chose to modify CC rather than CFLAGS, following the model
> of the standard automake macro AM_PROG_CC_STDC; and (2) I added the SH
> cpu to the case switch because it, too, supports option -mieee.
>
> Comments?
The one lingering problem I have with the test in GSL is that there is
no way to override it from the command-line by specifying an explicit
CFLAGS. However it hasn't generated any complaints so from that point of
view it seems ok.
--
Brian Gough
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