Following README fails with "unrecognized argument in option ‘-mcmodel=medany’"

[jeehoonkang]

I'm following the README as follows:

git clone https://github.com/riscv-boom/boom-template.git
cd boom-template
./scripts/init-submodules.sh

export RISCV=~/.local
export PATH=$RISCV/bin:$PATH
./scripts/build-tools.sh

But the last line says:

[...]
Configuring project riscv-pk
Building project riscv-pk
gcc: error: unrecognized argument in option ‘-mcmodel=medany’
gcc: note: valid arguments to ‘-mcmodel=’ are: 32 kernel large medium small; did you mean ‘medium’?
gcc: error: unrecognized argument in option ‘-mcmodel=medany’
gcc: note: valid arguments to ‘-mcmodel=’ are: 32 kernel large medium small; did you mean ‘medium’?
gcc: error: unrecognized argument in option ‘-mcmodel=medany’
gcc: note: valid arguments to ‘-mcmodel=’ are: 32 kernel large medium small; did you mean ‘medium’?
make: *** [Makefile:319: file.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
gcc: error: unrecognized argument in option ‘-mcmodel=medany’
make: *** [Makefile:319: syscall.o] Error 1
gcc: note: valid arguments to ‘-mcmodel=’ are: 32 kernel large medium small; did you mean ‘medium’?
gcc: error: unrecognized argument in option ‘-mcmodel=medany’
make: *** [Makefile:319: handlers.o] Error 1
gcc: note: valid arguments to ‘-mcmodel=’ are: 32 kernel large medium small; did you mean ‘medium’?
gcc: error: unrecognized argument in option ‘-mcmodel=medany’
gcc: note: valid arguments to ‘-mcmodel=’ are: 32 kernel large medium small; did you mean ‘medium’?
make: *** [Makefile:319: frontend.o] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:319: elf.o] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:319: console.o] Error 1

I found some related issues, but I'm reporting here because it'd be better for this repo's README to be updated as well.

Here is some meta information:

$ uname -a
Linux jeehoonkang-home 5.0.5-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 27 19:15:04 UTC 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 8.2.1 20181127
Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

$ git rev-parse HEAD
aeadc8a7f9eea9e20011b33e9ea66506fd54fca1

[jerryz123]

@abejgonzalez can you confirm that your recent changes to build-tools.sh work? Looks like the RISCV toolchain is not appearing in the PATH.

@jeehoonkang I would verify that $RISCV/bin contains the riscv-gcc binaries.

[jeehoonkang]

@jerryz123 My $RISCV/bin contains elf2hex openocd spike spike-dasm termios-xspike xspike.

I digged further this issue, and it seems related to Archlinux (or Manjaro Linux). On Ubuntu (via docker on Manjaro Linux), this problem does not occur at all.

[abejgonzalez]

I can confirm that it works on Ubuntu.

[jeehoonkang]

Strangely, on my Ubuntu 18.04 (via VirtualBox on Manjaro Linux), it doesn't work...

Configuring project riscv-isa-sim
Building project riscv-isa-sim
../spike_main/disasm.cc: In constructor ‘disassembler_t::disassembler_t(int)’:
../spike_main/disasm.cc:275:1: note: variable tracking size limit exceeded with -fvar-tracking-assignments, retrying without
 disassembler_t::disassembler_t(int xlen)
 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Installing project riscv-isa-sim

Removing existing riscv-pk/build directory
Configuring project riscv-pk
Building project riscv-pk
gcc: error: unrecognized argument in option ‘-mcmodel=medany’
gcc: note: valid arguments to ‘-mcmodel=’ are: 32 kernel large medium small; did you mean ‘medium’?
make: *** [file.o] Error 1

My $RISCV/bin contains elf2hex openocd spike spike-dasm termios-xspike xspike.

Some meta information:

$ gcc --version
gcc (Ubuntu 7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04) 7.3.0
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

$ uname -a
Linux jeehoonkang-VirtualBox 4.18.0-17-generic #18~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 15 15:27:12 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ git rev-parse HEAD
4c0a00bc042f0dae27ee8cefffd5d44973a98a89

[pentin-as]

This is my .../riscv-tools/build.sh file:

build_project riscv-fesvr --prefix=$RISCV
build_project riscv-isa-sim --prefix=$RISCV --with-fesvr=$RISCV
build_project riscv-gnu-toolchain --prefix=$RISCV
CC= CXX= build_project riscv-pk --prefix=$RISCV --host=riscv64-unknown-elf
build_project riscv-tests --prefix=$RISCV/riscv64-unknown-elf

Why in your log after "Installation project risc v-isa-sim" is displayed "Removing existing riscv-pk/build directory"?
Where is the compilation of riscv-gnu-toolchain?

Please show your file .../riscv-tools/build.sh.

[christian-krieg]

I can reproduce this behavior on my Debian 9 system.

Is there any activity to resolve this issue?

[jerryz123]

Please paste contents of your build.sh. @pentin-as is correct, it seems odd there is no build gnu-toolchain step.