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authorMichael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>2013-12-03 09:43:15 +0100
committerMichael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>2013-12-03 09:43:15 +0100
commit64d2a7c8945ba05af859901f5e248f1befdd8621 (patch)
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@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ architectures.
<code>arm</code> (a.k.a. <code>ARM</code>); <code>5g,5l,5c,5a</code>
</dt>
<dd>
- Supports only Linux binaries. Less widely used than the other ports and therefore not as thoroughly tested.
+ Supports Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD binaries. Less widely used than the other ports.
</dd>
</dl>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ goroutines, such as stacks that grow and shrink on demand.
</p>
<p>
-The compilers can target the FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OS X (Darwin),
+The compilers can target the FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OS X (Darwin), Plan 9,
and Windows operating systems.
The full set of supported combinations is listed in the discussion of
<a href="#environment">environment variables</a> below.
@@ -216,8 +216,61 @@ If you see the "hello, world" message then Go is installed correctly.
<h2 id="gopath">Set up your work environment</h2>
<p>
-The document <a href="/doc/code.html">How to Write Go Code</a> explains how to
-set up a work environment in which to build and test Go code.
+You're almost done.
+You just need to do a little more setup.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<a href="/doc/code.html" class="download" id="start">
+<span class="big">How to Write Go Code</span>
+<span class="desc">Learn how to set up and use the Go tools</span>
+</a>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The <a href="/doc/code.html">How to Write Go Code</a> document
+provides <b>essential setup instructions</b> for using the Go tools.
+</p>
+
+
+<h2 id="tools">Install additional tools</h2>
+
+<p>
+The source code for several Go tools (including <a href="/cmd/godoc/">godoc</a>)
+is kept in <a href="https://code.google.com/p/go.tools">the go.tools repository</a>.
+To install all of them, run the <code>go</code> <code>get</code> command:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+$ go get code.google.com/p/go.tools/cmd/...
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+Or if you just want to install a specific command (<code>godoc</code> in this case):
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+$ go get code.google.com/p/go.tools/cmd/godoc
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+To install these tools, the <code>go</code> <code>get</code> command requires
+that <a href="#mercurial">Mercurial</a> be installed locally.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+You must also have a workspace (<code>GOPATH</code>) set up;
+see <a href="/doc/code.html">How to Write Go Code</a> for the details.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<b>Note</b>: The <code>go</code> command will install the <code>godoc</code>
+binary to <code>$GOROOT/bin</code> (or <code>$GOBIN</code>) and the
+<code>cover</code> and <code>vet</code> binaries to
+<code>$GOROOT/pkg/tool/$GOOS_$GOARCH</code>.
+You can access the latter commands with
+"<code>go</code> <code>tool</code> <code>cover</code>" and
+"<code>go</code> <code>tool</code> <code>vet</code>".
</p>
<h2 id="community">Community resources</h2>
@@ -273,9 +326,8 @@ The Go compilation environment can be customized by environment variables.
to override the defaults.
</p>
-<blockquote>
-
-<p><code>$GOROOT</code></p>
+<ul>
+<li><code>$GOROOT</code>
<p>
The root of the Go tree, often <code>$HOME/go</code>.
Its value is built into the tree when it is compiled, and
@@ -284,7 +336,7 @@ There is no need to set this unless you want to switch between multiple
local copies of the repository.
</p>
-<p><code>$GOROOT_FINAL</code></p>
+<li><code>$GOROOT_FINAL</code>
<p>
The value assumed by installed binaries and scripts when
<code>$GOROOT</code> is not set explicitly.
@@ -294,7 +346,7 @@ but move it elsewhere after the build, set
<code>$GOROOT_FINAL</code> to the eventual location.
</p>
-<p><code>$GOOS</code> and <code>$GOARCH</code></p>
+<li><code>$GOOS</code> and <code>$GOARCH</code>
<p>
The name of the target operating system and compilation architecture.
These default to the values of <code>$GOHOSTOS</code> and
@@ -311,7 +363,7 @@ Choices for <code>$GOARCH</code> are
The valid combinations of <code>$GOOS</code> and <code>$GOARCH</code> are:
<table cellpadding="0">
<tr>
-<th width="50"><th align="left" width="100"><code>$GOOS</code></th> <th align="left" width="100"><code>$GOARCH</code></th> <th align="left"></th>
+<th width="50"></th><th align="left" width="100"><code>$GOOS</code></th> <th align="left" width="100"><code>$GOARCH</code></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td><td><code>darwin</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
@@ -326,6 +378,9 @@ The valid combinations of <code>$GOOS</code> and <code>$GOARCH</code> are:
<td></td><td><code>freebsd</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
+<td></td><td><code>freebsd</code></td> <td><code>arm</code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
<td></td><td><code>linux</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
@@ -341,6 +396,9 @@ The valid combinations of <code>$GOOS</code> and <code>$GOARCH</code> are:
<td></td><td><code>netbsd</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
+<td></td><td><code>netbsd</code></td> <td><code>arm</code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
<td></td><td><code>openbsd</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
@@ -350,6 +408,9 @@ The valid combinations of <code>$GOOS</code> and <code>$GOARCH</code> are:
<td></td><td><code>plan9</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
+<td></td><td><code>plan9</code></td> <td><code>amd64</code></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
<td></td><td><code>windows</code></td> <td><code>386</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
@@ -357,7 +418,7 @@ The valid combinations of <code>$GOOS</code> and <code>$GOARCH</code> are:
</tr>
</table>
-<p><code>$GOHOSTOS</code> and <code>$GOHOSTARCH</code></p>
+<li><code>$GOHOSTOS</code> and <code>$GOHOSTARCH</code>
<p>
The name of the host operating system and compilation architecture.
These default to the local system's operating system and
@@ -372,7 +433,7 @@ For example, you should not set <code>$GOHOSTARCH</code> to
<code>arm</code> on an x86 system.
</p>
-<p><code>$GOBIN</code>
+<li><code>$GOBIN</code>
<p>
The location where Go binaries will be installed.
The default is <code>$GOROOT/bin</code>.
@@ -382,15 +443,38 @@ If <code>$GOBIN</code> is set, the <a href="/cmd/go">go command</a>
installs all commands there.
</p>
-<p><code>$GOARM</code> (arm, default=6)</p>
+<li><code>$GO386</code> (for <code>386</code> only, default is auto-detected
+if built natively, <code>387</code> if not)
+<p>
+This controls the code generated by 8g to use either the 387 floating-point unit
+(set to <code>387</code>) or SSE2 instructions (set to <code>sse2</code>) for
+floating point computations.
+</p>
+<ul>
+ <li><code>GO386=387</code>: use x87 for floating point operations; should support all x86 chips (Pentium MMX or later).
+ <li><code>GO386=sse2</code>: use SSE2 for floating point operations; has better performance than 387, but only available on Pentium 4/Opteron/Athlon 64 or later.
+</ul>
+
+<li><code>$GOARM</code> (for <code>arm</code> only; default is auto-detected if building
+on the target processor, 6 if not)
+<p>
+This sets the ARM floating point co-processor architecture version the run-time
+should target. If you are compiling on the target system, its value will be auto-detected.
+</p>
+<ul>
+ <li><code>GOARM=5</code>: use software floating point; when CPU doesn't have VFP co-processor
+ <li><code>GOARM=6</code>: use VFPv1 only; default if cross compiling; usually ARM11 or better cores (VFPv2 or better is also supported)
+ <li><code>GOARM=7</code>: use VFPv3; usually Cortex-A cores
+</ul>
<p>
-The ARM architecture version the run-time libraries should target.
-Setting <code>$GOARM</code> to 5 causes the linker to emit calls
-to a software floating point implementation instead of using
-hardware floating point support.
+If in doubt, leave this variable unset, and adjust it if required
+when you first run the Go executable.
+The <a href="http://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/GoArm">GoARM</a> page
+on the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/w/list">Go community wiki</a>
+contains further details regarding Go's ARM support.
</p>
-</blockquote>
+</ul>
<p>
Note that <code>$GOARCH</code> and <code>$GOOS</code> identify the