Paul, the cell does use C and C++ compilers. However, programs for the different "sub-processors", i.e., the PPE and the SPEs (the PPE is the single PowerPC processor, and the SPEs are the 8 synergistic processing elements), must be compiled using separate compilers. Additionally, the SPE program must be embedded into the PPE executable as something like a library. I would like to automate all of this somehow. My initial idea was to create new suffixes for the PPE and SPE sources, e.g., .pc and .sc for C source files, and add support to the autotools to support these file types. I do not want to do something that interferes with the normal C/C++/Fortran compilers, as we also need these for what we are trying to do. Ideally, we would like to have a C/C++ program that is compiled normally for a host system (this is why I need the normal C/C++ stuff) that then links with a PowerPC program that is cross-compiled for the PPE/SPEs. Perhaps there is a better way to accomplish this. I will put together a simple make file that does what I need by brute force so that you will have a better idea of what I am facing. Currently, I can only provide something that compiles a PPE program with an embedded SPE program. I am also interested in coming up with a general approach for heterogeneous systems that compile and link with more than one compiler. Ben -- Benjamin Karl Bergen CCS-2 Continuum Dynamics Los Alamos National Laboratory _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
