What is libffi?

Supported Platforms

Installing libffi

path/to/configure CC=path/to/msvcc.sh CXX=path/to/msvcc.sh LD=link CPP="cl -nologo -EP"

path/to/configure CC="path/to/msvcc.sh -clang-cl" CXX="path/to/msvcc.sh -clang-cl" LD=link CPP="clang-cl -EP"

History

3.3 TBD    Add RISC-V support.    New API in support of GO closures.    Default to Microsoft's 64 bit long double ABI with Visual C++.    GNU compiler uses 80 bits (128 in memory) FFI_GNUW64 ABI.    Many new tests cases and bug fixes.    Add windows on arm64 (WOA) support.    Add Windows 32-bit arm support.    3.2.1 Nov-12-14    Build fix for non-iOS AArch64 targets.3.2 Nov-11-14    Add C99 Complex Type support (currently only supported on      s390).    Add support for PASCAL and REGISTER calling conventions on x86      Windows/Linux.    Add OpenRISC and Cygwin-64 support.    Bug fixes.3.1 May-19-14    Add AArch64 (ARM64) iOS support.    Add Nios II support.    Add m88k and DEC VAX support.    Add support for stdcall, thiscall, and fastcall on non-Windows      32-bit x86 targets such as Linux.    Various Android, MIPS N32, x86, FreeBSD and UltraSPARC IIi      fixes.    Make the testsuite more robust: eliminate several spurious      failures, and respect the $CC and $CXX environment variables.    Archive off the manually maintained ChangeLog in favor of git      log.3.0.13 Mar-17-13    Add Meta support.    Add missing Moxie bits.    Fix stack alignment bug on 32-bit x86.    Build fix for m68000 targets.    Build fix for soft-float Power targets.    Fix the install dir location for some platforms when building      with GCC (OS X, Solaris).    Fix Cygwin regression.3.0.12 Feb-11-13    Add Moxie support.    Add AArch64 support.    Add Blackfin support.    Add TILE-Gx/TILEPro support.    Add MicroBlaze support.    Add Xtensa support.    Add support for PaX enabled kernels with MPROTECT.    Add support for native vendor compilers on      Solaris and AIX.    Work around LLVM/GCC interoperability issue on x86_64.3.0.11 Apr-11-12    Lots of build fixes.    Add support for variadic functions (ffi_prep_cif_var).    Add Linux/x32 support.    Add thiscall, fastcall and MSVC cdecl support on Windows.    Add Amiga and newer MacOS support.    Add m68k FreeMiNT support.    Integration with iOS' xcode build tools.    Fix Octeon and MC68881 support.    Fix code pessimizations.3.0.10 Aug-23-11    Add support for Apple's iOS.    Add support for ARM VFP ABI.    Add RTEMS support for MIPS and M68K.    Fix instruction cache clearing problems on      ARM and SPARC.    Fix the N64 build on mips-sgi-irix6.5.    Enable builds with Microsoft's compiler.    Enable x86 builds with Oracle's Solaris compiler.    Fix support for calling code compiled with Oracle's Sparc      Solaris compiler.    Testsuite fixes for Tru64 Unix.    Additional platform support.3.0.9 Dec-31-09    Add AVR32 and win64 ports.  Add ARM softfp support.    Many fixes for AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, *BSD.    Several PowerPC and x86-64 bug fixes.    Build DLL for windows.3.0.8 Dec-19-08    Add *BSD, BeOS, and PA-Linux support.3.0.7 Nov-11-08    Fix for ppc FreeBSD.    (thanks to Andreas Tobler)3.0.6 Jul-17-08    Fix for closures on sh.    Mark the sh/sh64 stack as non-executable.    (both thanks to Kaz Kojima)3.0.5 Apr-3-08    Fix libffi.pc file.    Fix #define ARM for IcedTea users.    Fix x86 closure bug.3.0.4 Feb-24-08    Fix x86 OpenBSD configury.3.0.3 Feb-22-08    Enable x86 OpenBSD thanks to Thomas Heller, and      x86-64 FreeBSD thanks to Björn König and Andreas Tobler.    Clean up test instruction in README.3.0.2 Feb-21-08    Improved x86 FreeBSD support.    Thanks to Björn König.3.0.1 Feb-15-08    Fix instruction cache flushing bug on MIPS.    Thanks to David Daney.3.0.0 Feb-15-08    Many changes, mostly thanks to the GCC project.    Cygnus Solutions is now Red Hat.  [10 years go by...]1.20 Oct-5-98    Raffaele Sena produces ARM port.1.19 Oct-5-98    Fixed x86 long double and long long return support.    m68k bug fixes from Andreas Schwab.    Patch for DU assembler compatibility for the Alpha from Richard      Henderson.1.18 Apr-17-98    Bug fixes and MIPS configuration changes.1.17 Feb-24-98    Bug fixes and m68k port from Andreas Schwab. PowerPC port from    Geoffrey Keating. Various bug x86, Sparc and MIPS bug fixes.1.16 Feb-11-98    Richard Henderson produces Alpha port.1.15 Dec-4-97    Fixed an n32 ABI bug. New libtool, auto* support.1.14 May-13-97    libtool is now used to generate shared and static libraries.    Fixed a minor portability problem reported by Russ McManus    <mcmanr@eq.gs.com>.1.13 Dec-2-96    Added --enable-purify-safety to keep Purify from complaining      about certain low level code.    Sparc fix for calling functions with < 6 args.    Linux x86 a.out fix.1.12 Nov-22-96    Added missing ffi_type_void, needed for supporting void return       types. Fixed test case for non MIPS machines. Cygnus Support       is now Cygnus Solutions. 1.11 Oct-30-96    Added notes about GNU make.1.10 Oct-29-96    Added configuration fix for non GNU compilers.1.09 Oct-29-96    Added --enable-debug configure switch. Clean-ups based on LCLint     feedback. ffi_mips.h is always installed. Many configuration     fixes. Fixed ffitest.c for sparc builds.1.08 Oct-15-96    Fixed n32 problem. Many clean-ups.1.07 Oct-14-96    Gordon Irlam rewrites v8.S again. Bug fixes.1.06 Oct-14-96    Gordon Irlam improved the sparc port. 1.05 Oct-14-96    Interface changes based on feedback.1.04 Oct-11-96    Sparc port complete (modulo struct passing bug).1.03 Oct-10-96    Passing struct args, and returning struct values works for    all architectures/calling conventions. Expanded tests.1.02 Oct-9-96    Added SGI n32 support. Fixed bugs in both o32 and Linux support.    Added "make test".1.01 Oct-8-96    Fixed float passing bug in mips version. Restructured some    of the code. Builds cleanly with SGI tools.1.00 Oct-7-96    First release. No public announcement.

Authors & Credits

aarch64             Marcus Shawcroft, James Greenhalghalpha               Richard Hendersonarm                 Raffaele Senablackfin            Alexandre Keunecke I. de Mendoncacris                Simon Posnjak, Hans-Peter Nilssonfrv                 Anthony Greenia64                Hans Boehmm32r                Kazuhiro Inaokam68k                Andreas Schwabm88k                Miod Vallatmicroblaze          Nathan Rossimips                Anthony Green, Casey Marshallmips64              David Daneymoxie               Anthony Greennios ii             Sandra Loosemoreopenrisc            Sebastian Mackepa                  Randolph Chung, Dave Anglin, Andreas Toblerpowerpc             Geoffrey Keating, Andreas Tobler,                    David Edelsohn, John Hornkvistpowerpc64           Jakub Jelineks390                Gerhard Tonn, Ulrich Weigandsh                  Kaz Kojimash64                Kaz Kojimasparc               Anthony Green, Gordon Irlamtile-gx/tilepro     Walter Leevax                 Miod Vallatx86                 Anthony Green, Jon Benistonx86-64              Bo Thorsenxtensa              Chris Zankel