Ok, my spec95 installation is completely different, so I'll try and figure out what options are needed for each benchmark separately by looking at the code that creates the makefiles.
Meanwhile, I had another question - is there a way in llvm to look at the SSA form of a program and then modify the SSA, and then recompile this modified SSA ? If so, is there any documentation regarding this ? I saw some stuff on the program JELLO, does it do the same thing ?
Thanx,
Ok, my spec95 installation is completely different, so I'll try and
figure out what options are needed for each benchmark separately by
looking at the code that creates the makefiles.
Ok.
Meanwhile, I had another question - is there a way in llvm to look at
the SSA form of a program and then modify the SSA, and then recompile
this modified SSA ? If so, is there any documentation regarding this ? I
saw some stuff on the program JELLO, does it do the same thing ?
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. LLVM is an SSA-based
representation, thus all of the transformations do what you say.
Jello was the code name for the Just-In-Time compiler and X86 backend when
it was under early development. It has matured into a stable and reliable
X86 backend, and the Sparc code generator has been integrated in the JIT
as well.
These seem to be two different pieces of LLVM, can you rephrase your
question, I don't think I understood it. 
-Chris
Meanwhile, I had another question - is there a way in llvm to look at
the SSA form of a program and then modify the SSA, and then recompile
this modified SSA ? If so, is there any documentation regarding this ?
What (I think) you want to do is this:
1. Decompile the bytecode program to human-readable text form (which we call
LLVM assembly)
2. Modify the assembly code
3. Reassemble the text assembly code back into bytecode format
If that's the case, here's how to do it:
1. llvm-dis bytecode.bc
This produces bytecode.ll which is LLVM assembly text.
2. Use your favorite text editor to modify bytecode.ll -- note that in
llvm/utils/{vim,emacs} we provide syntax-highlighting modes for those
two editors.
3. llvm-as bytecode.ll -f
This will assemble the text back into bytecode, -f means "force overwrite"
of bytecode.bc since it already exists.
To get more info on each tool, run:
% llvm-as -help
% llvm-dis -help
I saw some stuff on the program JELLO, does it do the same thing ?
Jello was the codename for the LLVM JIT compiler, which is now part of
the tool `lli'. That's not what you're looking for.
Hope this helps,