Re: PC164LX running slow
On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 12:49:04PM -0700, Gregory P. Smith wrote:
> > Anybody out there ever cross-compiled a kernel from Alpha to x86?
> > Seems like an interesting exercise.
>
> Last time I looked into this it couldn't be done (easily). gcc/egcs
> work as cross compilers only for platforms with the same word size as
> the one the compiler is running on.
>
> Someone please tell me if I've been lead to the wrong concluison.
Hmm, I know that word size is a problem compiling for Alpha on x86,
but is the reverse true? I thought that the problem was that the
x86 couldn't handle 64-bit quantities.
-andy
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