Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:10:56 +0100 From: Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ia32 ports... Message-ID: <20050228181056.GC69361@aoi.wolfpond.org> In-Reply-To: <16931.17425.441677.617748@canoe.dclg.ca> References: <16931.17425.441677.617748@canoe.dclg.ca>
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On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 11:17:21AM -0500, David Gilbert wrote: > Having wrestled with a few ports (including java) on amd64, what I > don't understand is why we don't have the capability to compile ia32 > versions of ports that won't compile in amd64 mode... It would be even better to have an option to compile amd64 binaries with 32-bit pointers. Unclean code would be able to run an still benefit from the amd64 architectural improvements (more registers, better abi, etc...) The Digital C compiler had such an option on Alpha machines. -- Francois Tigeot
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