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diff --git a/HOWTO/INSTALL.md b/HOWTO/INSTALL.md index 3dde37bfec..bbde5bc08c 100644 --- a/HOWTO/INSTALL.md +++ b/HOWTO/INSTALL.md @@ -189,16 +189,16 @@ section below before proceeding. Step 1: Start by unpacking the Erlang/OTP distribution file with your GNU compatible TAR program. - $ gunzip -c otp_src_%OTP-REL%.tar.gz | tar xf - + $ gunzip -c otp_src_%OTP-VSN%.tar.gz | tar xf - alternatively: - $ zcat otp_src_%OTP-REL%.tar.gz | tar xf - + $ zcat otp_src_%OTP-VSN%.tar.gz | tar xf - Step 2: Now cd into the base directory (`$ERL_TOP`). - $ cd otp_src_%OTP-REL% + $ cd otp_src_%OTP-VSN% ### Configuring ### @@ -268,12 +268,22 @@ Some of the available `configure` options are: default if possible) * `--{enable,disable}-hipe` - HiPE support (enabled by default on supported platforms) +* `--{enable,disable}-fp-exceptions` - Floating point exceptions (an + optimization for floating point operations). The default differs + depending on operating system and hardware platform. Note that by + enabling this you might get a seemingly working system that sometimes + fail on floating point operations. * `--enable-darwin-universal` - Build universal binaries on darwin i386. * `--enable-darwin-64bit` - Build 64-bit binaries on darwin * `--enable-m64-build` - Build 64-bit binaries using the `-m64` flag to `(g)cc` * `--enable-m32-build` - Build 32-bit binaries using the `-m32` flag to `(g)cc` +* `--with-assumed-cache-line-size=SIZE` - Set assumed cache-line size in + bytes. Default is 64. Valid values are powers of two between and + including 16 and 8192. The runtime system use this value in order to + try to avoid false sharing. A too large value wastes memory. A to + small value will increase the amount of false sharing. * `--{with,without}-termcap` - termcap (without implies that only the old Erlang shell can be used) * `--with-javac=JAVAC` - Specify Java compiler to use @@ -288,7 +298,7 @@ Some of the available `configure` options are: memory accesses. If `configure` should inform you about no native atomic implementation available, you typically want to try using the `libatomic_ops` library. It can be downloaded from - <http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/linux/atomic_ops/>. + <https://github.com/ivmai/libatomic_ops/>. * `--disable-smp-require-native-atomics` - By default `configure` will fail if an SMP runtime system is about to be built, and no implementation for native atomic memory accesses can be found. If this happens, you are @@ -297,12 +307,29 @@ Some of the available `configure` options are: you can build using a fallback implementation based on mutexes or spinlocks. Performance of the SMP runtime system will however suffer immensely without an implementation for native atomic memory accesses. +* `--enable-static-{nifs,drivers}` - To allow usage of nifs and drivers on OSs + that do not support dynamic linking of libraries it is possible to statically + link nifs and drivers with the main Erlang VM binary. This is done by passing + a comma seperated list to the archives that you want to statically link. e.g. + `--enable-static-nifs=/home/$USER/my_nif.a`. The path has to be absolute and the + name of the archive has to be the same as the module, i.e. `my_nif` in the + example above. This is also true for drivers, but then it is the driver name + that has to be the same as the filename. You also have to define + `STATIC_ERLANG_{NIF,DRIVER}` when compiling the .o files for the nif/driver. + If your nif/driver depends on some other dynamic library, you now have to link + that to the Erlang VM binary. This is easily achived by passing `LIBS=-llibname` + to configure. * `--without-$app` - By default all applications in Erlang/OTP will be included in a release. If this is not wanted it is possible to specify that Erlang/OTP should be compiled without that applications, i.e. `--without-wx`. There is no automatic dependency handling inbetween applications. So if you disable an application that another depends on, you also have to disable the dependant application. +* `--enable-dirty-schedulers` - Enable the **experimental** dirty schedulers + functionality. Note that the dirty schedulers functionality is experimental, + and **not supported**. This functionality **will** be subject to backward + incompatible changes. Note that you should **not** enable the dirty scheduler + functionality on production systems. It is only provided for testing. If you or your system has special requirements please read the `Makefile` for additional configuration information. @@ -315,7 +342,7 @@ Erlang/OTP system which you can try by typing `bin/erl`. This should start up Erlang/OTP and give you a prompt: $ bin/erl - Erlang %OTP-REL% (erts-%ERTS-VSN%) [source] [smp:4:4] [rq:4] [async-threads:0] [kernel-poll:false] + Erlang/OTP %OTP-REL% [erts-%ERTS-VSN%] [source] [smp:4:4] [async-threads:0] [kernel-poll:false] Eshell V%ERTS-VSN% (abort with ^G) 1> _ @@ -483,21 +510,11 @@ The Erlang/OTP Documentation ### How to Build the Documentation ### - $ cd $ERL_TOP - -If you have just built Erlang/OTP in the current source tree, you have -already ran `configure` and do not need to do this again; otherwise, run -`configure`. - - $ ./configure [Configure Args] - -When building the documentation you need a full Erlang/OTP-%OTP-REL% system in -the `$PATH`. - - $ export PATH=<Erlang/OTP-%OTP-REL% bin dir>:$PATH # Assuming bash/sh - -Build the documentation. +Before you can build the documentation you need to either [native build][] +or [cross build][] the Erlang/OTP system. After this you can build the +documentation as follows. + $ cd $ERL_TOP $ make docs The documentation can be installed either using the `install-docs` target, @@ -536,13 +553,13 @@ For some graphical tools to find the on-line help you have to install the HTML documentation on top of the installed OTP applications, i.e. $ cd <ReleaseDir> - $ gunzip -c otp_html_%OTP-REL%.tar.gz | tar xf - + $ gunzip -c otp_html_%OTP-VSN%.tar.gz | tar xf - For `erl -man <page>` to work the Unix manual pages have to be installed in the same way, i.e. $ cd <ReleaseDir> - $ gunzip -c otp_man_%OTP-REL%.tar.gz | tar xf - + $ gunzip -c otp_man_%OTP-VSN%.tar.gz | tar xf - Where `<ReleaseDir>` is @@ -668,39 +685,11 @@ If you develop linked-in drivers (shared library) you need to link using include `-fno-common` in `CFLAGS` when compiling. Use `.so` as the library suffix. -Use the `--enable-darwin-64bit` configure flag to build a 64-bit -binaries on Mac OS X. - -Building a fast Erlang VM on Mac OS Lion ----------------------------------------- +Install `Xcode` from the `AppStore` if it is not already installed. -Starting with Xcode 4.2, Apple no longer includes a "real" `gcc` -compiler (not based on the LLVM). Building with `llvm-gcc` or `clang` -will work, but the performance of the Erlang run-time system will not -be the best possible. - -Note that if you have `gcc-4.2` installed and included in `PATH` -(from a previous version of Xcode), `configure` will automatically -make sure that `gcc-4.2` will be used to compile `beam_emu.c` -(the source file most in need of `gcc`). - -If you don't have `gcc-4.2.` and want to build a run-time system with -the best possible performance, do like this: - -Install Xcode from the AppStore if it is not already installed. - -If you have Xcode 4.3, or later, you will also need to download +If you have Xcode 4.3, or later, you will also need to download "Command Line Tools" via the Downloads preference pane in Xcode. -Some tools may still be lacking or out-of-date, we recommend using -[Homebrew](https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/installation) or -Macports to update those tools. - -Install MacPorts (<http://www.macports.org/>). Then: - - $ sudo port selfupdate - $ sudo port install gcc45 +universal - ### Building with wxErlang ### If you want to build the `wx` application, you will need to get wxWidgets-3.0 (or later) @@ -708,13 +697,14 @@ If you want to build the `wx` application, you will need to get wxWidgets-3.0 (o or get it from github: $ git clone [email protected]:wxWidgets/wxWidgets.git -Be aware that the wxWidgets-3.0 is a new release of wxWidgets, it is not as matured +Be aware that the wxWidgets-3.0 is a new release of wxWidgets, it is not as matured as the old releases and the MacOsX port still lags behind the other ports. -Configure and build wxWidgets: +Configure and build wxWidgets (on Mavericks - 10.9): - $ ./configure --with-cocoa --prefix=/usr/local - % Optional version and static libs: --with-macosx-version-min=10.9 --disable-shared + $ ./configure --with-cocoa --prefix=/usr/local + or without support for old versions and with static libs + $ ./configure --with-cocoa --prefix=/usr/local --with-macosx-version-min=10.9 --disable-shared $ make $ sudo make install $ export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH @@ -779,7 +769,7 @@ Copyright and License %CopyrightBegin% -Copyright Ericsson AB 1998-2013. All Rights Reserved. +Copyright Ericsson AB 1998-2014. All Rights Reserved. The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in @@ -813,9 +803,11 @@ Before modifying this document you need to have a look at the [Building in Git]: #How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP_Building-in-Git [Pre-built Source Release]: #How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP_Prebuilt-Source-Release [make and $ERL_TOP]: #How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP_make-and-ERLTOP - [html documentation]: http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_html_%OTP-REL%.tar.gz - [man pages]: http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_man_%OTP-REL%.tar.gz - [the released source tar ball]: http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_%OTP-REL%.tar.gz + [html documentation]: http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_html_%OTP-VSN%.tar.gz + [man pages]: http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_doc_man_%OTP-VSN%.tar.gz + [the released source tar ball]: http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_%OTP-VSN%.tar.gz + [native build]: #How-to-Build-and-Install-ErlangOTP + [cross build]: INSTALL-CROSS.md [$ERL_TOP/HOWTO/MARKDOWN.md]: MARKDOWN.md [?TOC]: true |