Commit 000ecd01cb534fd8bb593422013a79c8497263ff
2022-06-02T18:43:53
powerpc64: fix build on gcc-12 (assembly requires AltiVec) (#719) Without the change build fails on powerpc64-gcc-12 as: src/powerpc/linux64_closure.S: Assembler messages: src/powerpc/linux64_closure.S:363: Error: unrecognized opcode: `lvx' It's a 90205f67 "rs6000: Fix bootstrap (libffi)" patch by Segher Boessenkool from gcc upstream repository. It's enough to get libffi build on powerpc64.
diff --git a/src/powerpc/linux64.S b/src/powerpc/linux64.S
index e92d64a..1f876ea 100644
--- a/src/powerpc/linux64.S
+++ b/src/powerpc/linux64.S
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
#include <fficonfig.h>
#include <ffi.h>
+ .machine altivec
+
#ifdef POWERPC64
.hidden ffi_call_LINUX64
.globl ffi_call_LINUX64
diff --git a/src/powerpc/linux64_closure.S b/src/powerpc/linux64_closure.S
index 3469a2c..199981d 100644
--- a/src/powerpc/linux64_closure.S
+++ b/src/powerpc/linux64_closure.S
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
.file "linux64_closure.S"
+ .machine altivec
+
#ifdef POWERPC64
FFI_HIDDEN (ffi_closure_LINUX64)
.globl ffi_closure_LINUX64