Tiny CC [Was: svn commit: samba r5437 - in branches/SAMBA_4_0/source: build/smb_build lib/events libcli/auth rpc_server rpc_server/samr]

[Christopher R. Hertel]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 01:00:09AM +0100, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 05:31:57PM -0600, Christopher R. Hertel wrote about 'Tiny CC [Was: svn commit: samba r5437 - in branches/SAMBA_4_0/source: build/smb_build lib/events libcli/auth rpc_server rpc_server/samr]':
> > On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 11:11:26PM +0000, jelmer at samba.org wrote:
> > > Author: jelmer
> > > Date: 2005-02-17 23:11:26 +0000 (Thu, 17 Feb 2005)
> > > New Revision: 5437
> > :
> > > Log:
> > > Allow Samba4 to be compiled by tcc (www.tinycc.org). It still crashes 
> > > when linking though. 
> > Sounds like I need to learn more about tinycc.  I'm still puddling with 
> > Samba4 on the NSLU2...
> I'm not sure tcc necessarily produces smaller or faster output then gcc, unless 
> you want to compile Samba on the NSLU2. The
> following features are mentioned on the website:
> 
>  * SMALL! You can compile and execute C code everywhere, for example
>    on rescue disks (about 100KB for x86 TCC executable, including C
>    preprocessor, C compiler, assembler and linker).
>  * FAST! tcc generates optimized x86 code. No byte code overhead.
>    Compile, assemble and link several times faster than GCC.
>  * UNLIMITED! Any C dynamic library can be used directly. TCC is
>    heading torward full ISOC99 compliance. TCC can of course compile
>    itself.
>  * SAFE! tcc includes an optional memory and bound checker. Bound
>    checked code can be mixed freely with standard code.
> 
> Tcc is indeed quite fast. I can do a "make clean proto bin/smbd" in 
> just over one minute (AMD Athlon XP 2000+ machine, plenty of RAM).
> 
> What kind of processor does the NSLU2 have?

It's an X-Scale.  I was thinking that tcc might be aimed at embedded 
systems, but I guess not.  I'll have to keep poking at it.

> Btw, the tcc build of Samba4 works now, if you disable kerberos.

Kewl.  :)

Chris -)-----


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