Basic support for IBM XL compilers

3 files changed, 102 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/spack/env/cc b/lib/spack/env/cc
index 5c431f5325..fa85bb595e 100755
--- a/lib/spack/env/cc
+++ b/lib/spack/env/cc
@@ -86,19 +86,19 @@ done
 #
 command=$(basename "$0")
 case "$command" in
-    cc|gcc|c89|c99|clang)
+    cc|gcc|c89|c99|clang|xlc)
         command="$SPACK_CC"
         language="C"
         ;;
-    c++|CC|g++|clang++)
+    c++|CC|g++|clang++|xlC)
         command="$SPACK_CXX"
         language="C++"
         ;;
-    f77)
+    f77|xlf)
         command="$SPACK_F77"
         language="Fortran 77"
         ;;
-    fc|f90|f95)
+    fc|f90|f95|xlf90)
         command="$SPACK_FC"
         language="Fortran 90"
         ;;
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/__init__.py
index e572cd89b6..8cb11c3208 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/__init__.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ from spack.util.environment import get_path
 _imported_compilers_module = 'spack.compilers'
 _required_instance_vars = ['cc', 'cxx', 'f77', 'fc']
 
-_default_order = ['gcc', 'intel', 'pgi', 'clang']
+_default_order = ['gcc', 'intel', 'pgi', 'clang', 'xlc']
 
 def _auto_compiler_spec(function):
     def converter(cspec_like):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/xl.py b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/xl.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f557dea013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/xl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Written by François Bissey, francois.bissey@canterbury.ac.nz, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://scalability-llnl.github.io/spack
+# Please also see the LICENSE file for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1 dated February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+from spack.compiler import *
+
+class Xl(Compiler):
+    # Subclasses use possible names of C compiler
+    cc_names = ['xlc','xlc_r']
+
+    # Subclasses use possible names of C++ compiler
+    cxx_names = ['xlC','xlC_r','xlc++','xlc++_r']
+
+    # Subclasses use possible names of Fortran 77 compiler
+    f77_names = ['xlf','xlf_r']
+
+    # Subclasses use possible names of Fortran 90 compiler
+    fc_names = ['xlf90','xlf90_r','xlf95','xlf95_r','xlf2003','xlf2003_r','xlf2008','xlf2008_r']
+
+    @property
+    def cxx11_flag(self):
+        if self.version < ver('13.1'):
+            tty.die("Only xlC 13.1 and above have some c++11 support.")
+        else:
+            return "-qlanglvl=extended0x"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def default_version(self, comp):
+        """The '-qversion' is the standard option fo XL compilers.
+           Output looks like this::
+
+              IBM XL C/C++ for Linux, V11.1 (5724-X14)
+              Version: 11.01.0000.0000
+
+           or::
+
+              IBM XL Fortran for Linux, V13.1 (5724-X16)
+              Version: 13.01.0000.0000
+
+           or::
+
+              IBM XL C/C++ for AIX, V11.1 (5724-X13)
+              Version: 11.01.0000.0009
+
+           or::
+
+              IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition for Blue Gene/P, V9.0
+              Version: 09.00.0000.0017
+        """
+
+        return get_compiler_version(
+            comp, '-qversion',r'([0-9]?[0-9]\.[0-9])')
+
+    @classmethod
+    def fc_version(cls, fc):
+        """The fortran and C/C++ versions of the XL compiler are always two units apart.
+           By this we mean that the fortran release that goes with XL C/C++ 11.1 is 13.1.
+           Having such a difference in version number is confusing spack quite a lot.
+           Most notably if you keep the versions as is the default xl compiler will only
+           have fortran and no C/C++.
+           So we associate the Fortran compiler with the version associated to the C/C++
+           compiler.
+           One last stumble. Version numbers over 10 have at least a .1 those under 10
+           a .0. There is no xlf 9.x or under currently available. BG/P and BG/L can
+           such a compiler mix and possibly older version of AIX and linux on power.
+        """
+        fver = get_compiler_version(fc, '-qversion',r'([0-9]?[0-9]\.[0-9])')
+        cver = float(fver) - 2
+        if cver < 10 :
+          cver = cver - 0.1
+        return str(cver)
+
+
+    @classmethod
+    def f77_version(cls, f77):
+        return cls.fc_version(f77)