Re: [libunwind] status of x86_64

[David Mosberger-Tang]

George,

I'll let Arun answer the x86-64 specifics.

As far as the project & bundling is concerned: I'm working on moving
libunwind onto kernel.org and Savannah and shortly after that's done,
we can make a new release with the improved x86-64 support.  Actually,
if you're familiar with GIT, you can look at the current sources at:

 http://www.kernel.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libs/libunwind/libunwind.git

libunwind just was approved as a Savannah project and I'm hoping to
set things up over the next couple of days (we're in the middle of a
move so things make take a bit longer than usual).

 --david

On 8/2/06, George Lowe <address@hidden> wrote:
> What is the current state of support for x86_64?
>
> I note that the most recent version is 0.98.5,
> from April 2005.  If I understand correctly,
> some patches for x86_64 have been proposed.
> I have the following additional questions:
>
>   What is the state of these patches?
>   How are they bundled?
>   Does one need to apply a series of patches,
>   or have the patches been collected into one
>   large patch?
>   Will these patches be integrated into
>   the libunwind code?
>   Can the x86_64 version be built as a
>   static library to be used by a program
>   for introspective purposes?
>   Does the x86_64 version work with statically
>   linked programs?
>
> Thanks,
>
> George
>
>
>
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