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Re: Full support of functions for atomic memory access in gcc?



> I'm trying to fix some long-standing issues in one of my packages
> (src:openmpi). It does not build on m68k since no atomic primitives are
> provided by upstream. Upstream agreed to solve this by using the
> build-in primitives when compiled with gcc but I was unable to find out
> if those are supported on m68k.

I donot understand this question? I think Debian give an gcc. Only thing you
need to worry about in this is the gcc -version, that might not be supported.

>
> Could you please enlighten me whether or not there is support for that
> on m68k? (Only read memory barriers would be sufficient.) Also, are high
> resolution timers available?

I think if you are able to compile the kernel for the target
platform(which I think
is an embedded system?). It should not be a problem.

>
> Any hint or pointers to further documentation would be great, as I'm not
> very familiar with the issue at hand at the moment! Thanks in advance!

Try looking up the gcc support on debian. Specifically given below

http://wiki.debian.org/M68k/Gcc


>
> Best regards,
> Manuel
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