Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 16:51:02 -0400 From: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@ics.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Producing non-GPLed tools for FreeBSD Message-ID: <362BA636.7E22FCAA@ics.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810191644060.11526-100000@porkfriedrice.ny.genx.net>
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Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > 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. The URL would be helpful. And I'm still not sure why the register usage and parameter passing would (need to) be different on SVR4 than on FreeBSD. (Otherwise either you or I are missing the point of the discussion -- is it me?) -- Kaleb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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