[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #4550] hppa assembler problem

[Kurt Roeckx via RT]

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 08:37:56PM +0000, Andy Polyakov via RT wrote:
> > I'm getting assembler errors on hppa that look like:
> > crypto/aes/aes-parisc.s: Assembler messages:
> > crypto/aes/aes-parisc.s:3: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.subspa'
> > crypto/aes/aes-parisc.s:7: Error: Unknown opcode: `aes_encrypt'
> > crypto/aes/aes-parisc.s:11: Error: Missing function name for .PROC
> > crypto/aes/aes-parisc.s:12: Error: Missing function name for .PROC
> > 
> > I'm guessing I'm doing something wrong, but hppa never had
> > assembler enabled in Debian before.
> > 
> > The configuration I use is:
> > my $debian_cflags = `dpkg-buildflags --get CFLAGS` .  `dpkg-buildflags --get CPPFLAGS` . "-Wa,--noexecstack -Wall";
> > $debian_cflags =~ s/\n/ /g;
> > my $debian_ldflags = `dpkg-buildflags --get LDFLAGS`;
> > $debian_ldflags =~ s/\n/ /g;
> > 
> > 
> > %targets = (
> >        "debian" => {
> >                cflags => $debian_cflags,
> >                lflags => add($debian_ldflags, "-pthread"),
> >        },
> > [...]
> >        "debian-hppa" => {
> >                inherit_from => [ "linux-generic32", "debian", asm("parisc11_asm") ],
> >        },
> > 
> > Is that assembler supposed to work?  Is it the right assembler that
> > I'm using?
> 
> PA-RISC assembly modules were tested *only* on HP-UX. While it works
> with GNU assembler, it's still one for HP-UX. Special thing about it is
> that run-time format is not ELF, and supposedly that's what those
> failing directives are about. I mean they are meant to make sense to
> specifically HP-UX assemblers. I suppose it means that Linux support
> would require extra work, adapting all modules to recognize additional
> "perlasm flavour". It's not unlike that it's not about simple
> decorations, ABI-specific adjustments might be required too... I don't
> think I've actually seen PA-RISC ELF calling convention...

Then I suggest you forget about it.  hppa isn't officially in
Debian anymore, I'll just drop the assembler support.


Kurt


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