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Re: 64 bit Wide mode support for PA RISC 2.0
- To: Ullas Ponnadi <uponnadi at cup dot hp dot com>
- Subject: Re: 64 bit Wide mode support for PA RISC 2.0
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 11:13:18 -0600
- cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <37F3989A.50E51720@cup.hp.com>you write:
> I realised that I am unable to generate an ELF-64 binary ( that gives me
> wide mode support and 64 bit pointers ). Is there an option in the
> compiler that will allow
> me to do this?
Correct. GCC does not not support wide mode at this time.
> If not, is there any plan to incorporate this in a GCC package in the
> near future?
I doubt in the "near" future. Nothing significant will happen on this
front until final acceptance and payment is made by the customer (HP)
that is funding this work.
> I would also like to know what exactly does the -mpa-risc-2-0 option do
> on systems with the PA RISC 2.0 processors.
Uses PA2.0 instructions that are useful in 32bit mode.
jeff