What is mkpeephole? How to build nodejs without it?
Aleksej Spenst
could someone please give more information on what this mkpeephole does and for what purposes it's used in nodejs?
I have one problem with mkpeephole when compiling nodejs v8.1.1. I found the workaround for this problem, but it does not look nice. So, I'm wondering whether I can somehow compile nodejs without mkpeephole to skip this workaround, but I don't know how to do it (there is no something like --without-mkpeephole for configure script) and I don't know what mkpeephole really does (maybe I do need it?). Thanks for any tips.
The problem during compilation:
/bin/sh: 1: /home/root/nodejs/8.1.1-r0/node-v8.1.1/out/Release/mkpeephole: not found
make[1]: *** [/home/root/nodejs/8.1.1-r0/node-v8.1.1/out/Release/obj.target/v8_base/geni/bytecode-peephole-table.cc] Error 127
The workaround for this problem is to copy the binary "mkpeephole" on the embedded device (for which I build nodejs) and run on the device:
# mkpeephole bytecode-peephole-table.cc
The generated file bytecode-peephole-table.cc is then copied from the device into the folder .../out/Release/obj.target/v8_base/geni on the build server.
The execution of mkpeephole can be disabled in the file: .../out/deps/v8/src/v8_base.target.mk (delete the command that starts with $(builddir)/mkpeephole).
After these steps the compilation works. Questions:
1). What information does the generated file bytecode-peephole-table.cc contain?
2).
Is it enough to generate this file one time on the external device or
it must be done each time I build nodejs? In other words, do I have to
re-build nodejs (with generating new bytecode-peephole-table.cc) each time when I build new SW for my embedded device?
Thank you!
Aleksej.
Aleksej Spenst
nobody knows what mkpeephole is???
Do I need to generate bytecode-peephole-table.cc on my embedded device or on my build system??
Thanks,
Aleksej.