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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
To: autoconf@gnu.org
Cc: Michael LIAO <michael.hliao@gmail.com>,
	gcc@gcc.gnu.org, x32-abi@googlegroups.com,
	config-patches@gnu.org
Subject: Re: new triplet for x32 psABI?
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:35:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201110031834.35051.vapier@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAO-CJbgdsbk6sETajeprUVrtoHqjeu7hmb-KUhiO1ST0hqVKyQ@mail.gmail.com>

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On Monday, October 03, 2011 18:25:46 Michael LIAO wrote:
> As x32 psABI (https://sites.google.com/site/x32abi/) is invented, do
> we need a new triplet for system relies on triplet to figure out it's
> targeted on x32 environment. The new triplet would look like
> 'x86_64-unknown-linux-gnux32' for x32 vs 'x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
> for regular 64-bit. This's similar to EABI added to ARM or PowerPC,
> where 'arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi' vs. 'arm-unknown-linux-gnu'.

do you have examples of why you need this ?

> The current scheme documented on website
> (https://sites.google.com/site/x32abi/) uses the existing triplet but
> specify x32 ABI through compiler/linker options. It works for most
> compilers aware of that, but how other tools not handling
> compiler/linker options knows the current build is targeted on a
> different environment?

the mips people have been using a single tuple for multiple abis (n32 and 
n64), and it doesn't appear to have been a blocker for them ...
-mike

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-10-03 22:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-03 22:26 Michael LIAO
2011-10-03 22:30 ` Eric Blake
2011-10-03 22:35 ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2011-10-03 22:57   ` Michael LIAO
2011-10-03 23:04     ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-03 23:48       ` Michael LIAO
2011-10-04  0:47         ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-04  3:26           ` Michael LIAO
2011-10-04  3:56             ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-04  0:54         ` H.J. Lu
2011-10-04  3:44           ` Michael LIAO
2011-10-04 19:53             ` H.J. Lu
2011-10-03 23:06     ` H.J. Lu
2011-10-12  4:49   ` Michael LIAO
2011-10-12  7:13     ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-12  7:27       ` Michael LIAO
2011-10-12 22:14         ` Mike Frysinger
2011-10-13  0:49         ` H.J. Lu
2011-10-13  7:26           ` Mike Frysinger

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