Re: where can i find a cross compiler for i860

przemek@rrdjazz.nist.gov (Przemek Klosowski)
Tue, 24 Jan 1995 15:17:25 GMT

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where can i find a cross compiler for i860 arnold@cs.rug.nl (1995-01-23)
Re: where can i find a cross compiler for i860 przemek@rrdjazz.nist.gov (1995-01-24)
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From: przemek@rrdjazz.nist.gov (Przemek Klosowski)
In-Reply-To: arnold@cs.rug.nl's message of Mon, 23 Jan 1995 23:43:14 GMT
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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 15:17:25 GMT

> arnold@cs.rug.nl (Arnold Meyster) writes:


      Initially we used SCO-unix on this host machine, but now we use Linux.
      Using SCO-unix we had the availability of an i860 cross C-compiler.
      Unfortunately, this compiler does not run using Linux, since SCO unix and
      Linux are not binary compatible..


This is not quite right. Although the native binary format is different
between SCO and Linux, SCO uses the iBCS2 (intel Binary Compatibility
Standard, v.2) format, and there is an implementation of that standard for
Linux. This means that most SCO binaries run on Linux (many people have
been using SCO version of WordPerfect, for instance)
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