[Paraview] PV on XT

[burlen]

Hi Pat,

Shouldn't it work without any changes to cmake because Cray compiler 
wrappers (CC and cc) define __CRAYXT_COMPUTE_LINUX_TARGET on the compile 
line? At least this is true on the XT5. eg CC -v to show what's there.

Burlen

pat marion wrote:
> That patch only works if you use a customized cmake platform file that 
> contains the line-
>
>     SET(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME CRAYXT_COMPUTE_LINUX)
>
> I've been discussing with Bill Hoffman a more general solution.  It 
> will probably involve new cmake variable that is configured into 
> DynamicLoader.hxx.in <http://dynamicloader.hxx.in/>.  The variable 
> could be set by a platform file or a try-compile test.
>
>
> A separate issue- we're running into fragmentation of the 
> cross-compile instructions.  There are now a few different wiki 
> pages.  The one Burlen linked to was written by John Patchet in 
> January based on my build notes and his own experiences.  My notes are 
> in a github repository 
> <http://github.com/patmarion/crosscompiling-paraview> and that wiki 
> page is no longer in sync with them.
>
> Pat
>
> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit 
> <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com <mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>> wrote:
>
>     I don't see why not. Pat, any objections?
>
>     Utkarsh
>
>     On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 7:46 PM, burlen <burlen.loring at gmail.com
>     <mailto:burlen.loring at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > When building PV on a Cray XT you have to patch the DynamicLoader.
>     >
>     >
>     http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/Cross_compiling_ParaView3_and_VTK#XT4_ParaView_3.6.2
>     >
>     > Is that something that should make it into 3.8?
>     >
>     >
>     >
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