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Arm backend: Add Clang bare-metal toolchain
Add Arm Toolchain for Embedded as an alternative to GCC for Arm bare-metal builds. Wire the Clang toolchain through setup, runner, and Cortex-M workflows. Add Picolibc startup, TLS, UART, scatter-loading, and linker-script integration for Corstone-300 and Corstone-320. Test plan: Built and ran embedded-PTE runners on Corstone-300 U55 and Corstone-320 U85 FVPs with Clang 23.1.0. Verified one NPU inference and delegation with clean completion. Built the Corstone-300 U55 runner with GCC for compatibility. Verified Picolibc startup with cppcheck and compiled it with Arm Clang 23.1.0 and Arm GCC 15.2. Passed targeted lintrunner, CMake formatting, and git diff checks. Authored with assistance from OpenAI Codex. Change-Id: Iad2da4308cd63406bf0f015fbc5e16bfd49990d9 Signed-off-by: Per Held <per.held@arm.com>
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‎backends/arm/cmake/ArmRunnerUtilsInternal.cmake‎

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@@ -335,6 +335,17 @@ function(arm_runner_configure_ethos_u_platform)
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add_corstone_subdirectory(
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"${ARG_SYSTEM_CONFIG}" "${ARG_SDK_PATH}" "${ARG_MEMORY_MODE}"
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)
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if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" AND TARGET ethosu_target_link)
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get_target_property(
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_ethosu_target_link_options ethosu_target_link INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS
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)
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list(REMOVE_ITEM _ethosu_target_link_options --entry Reset_Handler)
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list(APPEND _ethosu_target_link_options "LINKER:--entry=Reset_Handler")
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set_property(
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TARGET ethosu_target_link PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS
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"${_ethosu_target_link_options}"
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)
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endif()
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configure_timing_adapters("${ARG_SYSTEM_CONFIG}" "${ARG_MEMORY_MODE}")
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foreach(_platform_variable TARGET_BOARD ETHOSU_MODEL ETHOSU_ARENA)
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if(DEFINED ${_platform_variable})
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get_corstone_linker_script(_linker_script "${ARG_SYSTEM_CONFIG}")
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if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
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if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "^(GNU|Clang)$")
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set(LINK_FILE_EXT ld)
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set(LINK_FILE_OPTION "-T")
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set(COMPILER_PREPROCESSOR_OPTIONS -E -x c -P)
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else()
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message(
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FATAL_ERROR
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"arm_runner_configure_linker_script only supports the GNU compiler."
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"arm_runner_configure_linker_script only supports GNU and Clang."
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endif()
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‎backends/arm/cmake/linker_scripts/Corstone-300.ld‎

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rom_sram PT_LOAD;
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rom_rodata PT_LOAD;
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rom_model PT_LOAD;
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#ifdef __clang__
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tls PT_TLS;
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#endif
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null PT_NULL;
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}
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*(.got)
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*(.got.*)
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/*
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#ifdef __clang__
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.copy.table :
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#else
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#endif
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LONG ((__sram_data_end__ - __sram_data_start__) / 4)
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LONG (LOADADDR(.rodata))
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#ifdef __clang__
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#else
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#endif
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#ifdef __clang__
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#endif
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LONG ((__bss_end__ - __bss_start__) / 4)
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#ifdef __clang__
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#endif
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#ifdef __clang__
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__bothinit_array_end = .;
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#endif
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#ifndef __clang__
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#endif
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#ifdef __clang__
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.tdata : AT(LOADADDR(.data) + SIZEOF(.data))
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{
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*(.tdata .tdata.* .gnu.linkonce.td.*)
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__data_end__ = .;
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} > DTCM :rom_data :tls
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.tbss (NOLOAD) :
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{
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*(.tbss .tbss.* .gnu.linkonce.tb.*)
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__tls_end = .;
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} > DTCM :null :tls
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#endif
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PROVIDE(__data_start = __data_start__);
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PROVIDE(__data_source = LOADADDR(.data));
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PROVIDE(__data_size = __data_end__ - __data_start__);
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PROVIDE(__bss_start = __bss_start__);
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PROVIDE(__bss_size = __bss_end__ - __bss_start__);
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PROVIDE(__tls_align = MAX(ALIGNOF(.tdata), ALIGNOF(.tbss)));
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PROVIDE(__tls_base = __tls_start);
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PROVIDE(__arm32_tls_tcb_offset = MAX(8, __tls_align));
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PROVIDE(__heap_start = __end__);
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PROVIDE(__heap_end = __HeapLimit);
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PROVIDE(__stack_limit = __StackLimit);
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#endif
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‎backends/arm/cmake/linker_scripts/Corstone-320.ld‎

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rom_sram PT_LOAD;
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#else
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{
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‎backends/arm/scripts/build_executor_runner.sh‎

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‎backends/arm/scripts/build_executorch.sh‎

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