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Date:      Wed, 14 Apr 1999 10:43:11 +1000 (EST)
From:      John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
To:        obrien@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        lamester@netscape.net, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [Re: Finally a kernel discussion, yay!]
Message-ID:  <199904140043.KAA08106@cimlogic.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <19990413173823.I47787@nuxi.com> from "David O'Brien" at "Apr 13, 1999  5:38:23 pm"

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David O'Brien wrote:
> > The problem with second pahse building with gcc is that we require a
> > /usr/include that is specific for the 64bit ultra.
> > This defines stuff like the size of pointers (1 register) ie. 1 word
> > size ie 64 bits.
> 
> Can't most of this be gotten from the existing include files?  The Alpha
> should have the same requirements.

When building a cross-compiler /usr/include is for the _host_ machine,
not the target. Does egcs support cross-compiling for a 64-bit target
on a 32-bit host?

-- 
John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/
CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137


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