Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 16:44:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> To: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@ics.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Producing non-GPLed tools for FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810191644060.11526-100000@porkfriedrice.ny.genx.net> In-Reply-To: <362B9D4D.500216A0@ics.com>
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On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Kaleb S. KEITHLEY wrote: > > the ABI for FreeBSD differs from that of System V in terms > > of parameter passing and register usage.... > > Where is the FreeBSD ABI documented? :-) > > Given that e.g. gcc generates code on SVR4 that works on SVR4 -- are you > saying that you think that gcc is, or should be generating different > code on FreeBSD because of ABI issues? It's not exactly convenient for > me to try it and see, but I'd be surprised if it is. > > I didn't steal the Intel supplement to the ABI when I left my last job, > but I don't recall that it specified parameter passing and register > usage, and the generic ABI doesn't speak to it (or if it does, it's not > in the index.) > if you go to the pgcc homepage (pentium optimized gcc) they have a lot of pointers to docs for this as i recall. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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