From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andrea Corallo via "Emacs development discussions." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Minimal recommended version of gcc/libgccjit for native-comp Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:35:21 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20210425182503.25223.81072@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> <20210425182508.6CC7C2094D@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> <87mttl5gm8.fsf_-_@tammy.lan.sha-bang.de> <8735vbyfjg.fsf@tammy.lan.sha-bang.de> Reply-To: Andrea Corallo Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="18164"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Andrea Corallo via "Emacs development discussions." To: wilde@sha-bang.de Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 27 18:37:00 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lbQhn-0004Yy-Ih for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:36:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34706 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lbQhm-0000LC-MP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:36:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57308) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lbQgO-00088R-TP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:35:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mx.sdf.org ([205.166.94.24]:52519) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lbQgL-00024f-3t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:35:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mab (ma.sdf.org [205.166.94.33]) by mx.sdf.org (8.15.2/8.14.5) with ESMTPS id 13RGZLGd027957 (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256 bits) verified NO); Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:35:22 GMT In-Reply-To: <8735vbyfjg.fsf@tammy.lan.sha-bang.de> (wilde@sha-bang.de's message of "Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:21:07 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=205.166.94.24; envelope-from=akrl@sdf.org; helo=mx.sdf.org X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:268537 Archived-At: wilde@sha-bang.de writes: > Hi Andrea, > > Andrea Corallo via "Emacs development discussions." wrote: >> wilde@sha-bang.de writes: >>> As there are many distribution and systems out there supported by GNU >>> Emacs which provide wide variety of gcc versions I wonder which versions >>> are considered sufficient for the new native compilation feature. >> >> AFAIR we don't depend on any specific entry point that was added in >> recent times into libgccjit, so in theory I *think* 6 should work. That >> said old libgccjit (read < 8) AFAIK have not been tested much if any >> with Emacs. You can maybe have a go an report :) > > Thanks for your reply, also thanks to Stefan and Eli for the > assessments. We are giving it a try (actually a colleague at work will > be the primary tester). The build (with NATIVE_FULL_AOT) and first > tests (e.g. using gnus) worked smoothly so far. Nice > I'll report any serious problems. In the hope I don't forget to do so > I'll also report any positive experience after a few weeks of use... :) Thanks! Andrea