Re: [Tinycc-devel] x32 ABI

[Basile Starynkevitch]

On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:10:27 -0400
Mike <address@hidden> wrote:

> Sorry for a newbie question...
> 
> Q: can current amd64/intel64 chips run it already?  Or will only later 
> chips support it?
> 

If you're speaking of the existing GCC implementation, I believe current such 
x86-64
chips can run x32, but the pain is that you need kernel support (i.e. configure 
& compile
a very recent kernel, e.g. 3.4.4), libc support, and GCC.

So you need to recompile all of kernel + libc (& a GCC x32 cross-compiler) to 
get it.

Cheers

-- 
Basile STARYNKEVITCH         http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/
email: basile<at>starynkevitch<dot>net mobile: +33 6 8501 2359
8, rue de la Faiencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France
*** opinions {are only mine, sont seulement les miennes} ***