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Re: x86-64 support for gas part I

To: aoliva at redhat dot com
Subject: Re: x86-64 support for gas part I
From: Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 01:03:07 -0800
CC: alan at linuxcare dot com dot au, rth at redhat dot com, binutils at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012201139070.14839-100000@front.linuxcare.com.au> <orvgsf924r.fsf@guarana.lsd.ic.unicamp.br>
Reply-to: Geoff Keating <geoffk at redhat dot com>

> From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
> Date: 20 Dec 2000 01:56:36 -0200

> This compiler:
> 
> acomp: SC3.0.1 13 Jul 1994 Sun C 3.0.1
> 
> does support 64-bit long longs, but it sign-extended 0x[8-f]XXXXXXX
> instead of taking it as an unsigned type and zero-extending it.

That's OK, since GCC works just fine on Sun machines anyone can build
GCC to compile their cross binutils.  I don't think we support people
building cross binutils or cross GCC with bizzare compilers; it pretty
much has to be ISO C plus a 64-bit type for 64-bit targets.

-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>

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