Re: Port of GCC to Intel IA-64 architecture (Merced)

Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com>
1 Jul 1998 22:52:44 -0400

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From: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 1 Jul 1998 22:52:44 -0400
Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd.
References: 98-06-153
Keywords: GCC, architecture

>[How about making GCC work with 64 bit addresses and data? -John]


As pointed out, gcc already does that just fine -- witness the Alpha
port of gcc (which was the reason it got done, I believe). Also SPARC
v9, and MIPS ports. To the best of my knowledge, though, it does not
handle being a cross-compiler from a 32-bit host to a 64-bit target.
Oops ;).


The real problem with an IA-64 port is that Intel is not giving out
any info about the ISA without an NDA, which kinda has a problem with
the GPL. (Kinda, but not completely.)
--

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