[Caml-list] problem building ocaml 3.08.1 on MIPS/IRIX

[TiM <timreid@gmail.com>]

greetings.

i am attemping to build ocaml 3.08.1 on a MIPS/IRIX system, but i am
having a few troublems.

note:
IRIX v6.5
gcc v2.95.3
cc v7.41

./configure -prefix /home/treid

yields:

** Configuration summary **

Directories where Objective Caml will be installed:
        binaries.................. /home/treid/bin
        standard library.......... /home/treid/lib/ocaml
        manual pages.............. /home/treid/man (with extension .1)
Configuration for the bytecode compiler:
        C compiler used........... gcc
        options for compiling..... -fno-defer-pop -Wall
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_REENTRANT
        options for linking.......   -lm  -lcurses -lpthread
        shared libraries are supported
        options for compiling..... -fPIC -fno-defer-pop -Wall
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_REENTRANT
        command for building...... ld -shared -rdata_shared -o lib.so
-rpath /a/path objs
Configuration for the native-code compiler:
        hardware architecture..... mips
        OS variant................ irix
        C compiler used........... cc
        options for compiling..... -n32 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_REENTRANT
        options for linking....... -n32 -Wl,-woff,84  -lm
        assembler ................ $(AS) -n32 -O2
        preprocessed assembler ... $(AS) -n32 -O2
        profiling with gprof ..... not supported
        ocamlopt -pack ........... not supported (no binutils)
Source-level replay debugger: supported
Additional libraries supported:
        unix str num dynlink bigarray systhreads threads graph dbm
Configuration for the "num" library:
        target architecture ...... mips (asm level 1)
Configuration for the "graph" library:
        options for compiling .... 
        options for linking ...... -lX11
The "labltk" library: not found


so gcc is being used to build the bytecode compiler, and cc is being
used for the native compiler. i believe that gcc is operating in 64b
mode, but the "-n32" option to cc definately means that cc is
operating in 32b mode.

my goal is maximum 64b floating point performance, so i am pretty sure
that the "-n32" option needs to be replaced with the "-64" option, and
i would like to explore "-O3" and various other optimizations,
although i understand that fancy optimizations may break the ocaml
compiler.

anyhow, without me messing with the Makefile at all, "make world" and
"make bootstrap" complete just fine. however, "make opt" dies with:

make[1]: Entering directory `/u/treid/ocaml/ocaml-3.08.1/stdlib'
../boot/ocamlrun ../ocamlopt -warn-error A -nostdlib `./Compflags
pervasives.cmx` -c pervasives.ml
as: Error: /tmp/camlasm86466e.s, line 445: Overflow: 4372995238176751616
      .word 4372995238176751616
as: Error: /tmp/camlasm86466e.s, line 451: Overflow: 4503599627370496
      .word 4503599627370496
as: Error: /tmp/camlasm86466e.s, line 457: Overflow: 9218868437227405311
      .word 9218868437227405311
as: Error: /tmp/camlasm86466e.s, line 463: Overflow: 9218868437227405313
      .word 9218868437227405313
as: Error: /tmp/camlasm86466e.s, line 469: Overflow: 4503599627370496
      .word -4503599627370496
as: Error: /tmp/camlasm86466e.s, line 475: Overflow: 9218868437227405312
      .word 9218868437227405312
as: Error: /tmp/camlasm86466e.s, line 3163: li expression must be
32-bit immediate
      li $5, -9223372036854775807
as: Error: /tmp/camlasm86466e.s, line 3164: li expression must be
32-bit immediate
      li $4, -9223372036854775807
as: Error: /tmp/camlasm86466e.s, line 3166: li expression must be
32-bit immediate
      li $3, 9223372036854775807
Assembler error, input left in file /tmp/camlasm86466e.s
make[1]: *** [pervasives.cmx] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/u/treid/ocaml/ocaml-3.08.1/stdlib'
make: *** [libraryopt] Error 2


so, nievely, i start over from a freshly unpacked tarball, configure,
and change all occurances of "-n32" in config/Makefile to "-64", but
"make opt" dies in exactly the same way.

any help appreciated ...

TiM

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