[parisc-linux] 64bit newbie question

[Matt Taggart]

"John David Anglin" writes...

> > What are the issues why no 64bit userland is supported yet ?
> > (Besides too many bugs in the compiler ?) Is this difficult to archive?
> 
> Too many bugs in the compiler?  The 64-bit testsuite results under
> hpux aren't that bad:-)  I posted new results yesterday:
> <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2002-04/msg00160.html>.  Still
> lots of work to do but I don't think there are any show stoppers.

It's worth pointing out that the majority of the work probably lies in the
porting of glibc and not the compiler. Although I'm sure there a still some
fun bugs left in the compiler too :)

Anybody considering the port should probably express their intent to do so
on this mailing list so they can get as much help/documentation/support as
possible.

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