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Re: __LP64__ defined on Alpha Linux?
- To: peeterj at ca dot ibm dot com
- Subject: Re: __LP64__ defined on Alpha Linux?
- From: "Martin v. Loewis" <martin at loewis dot home dot cs dot tu-berlin dot de>
- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 08:15:40 +0200
- CC: cpg at aladdin dot de, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, rth at cygnus dot com, rread at turbolinux dot com
- References: <872568B1.001E173E.00@d53mta05h.boulder.ibm.com>
> The fact that the gcc for Linux alpha doesn't already have one of these
> sorts of defines must be associated with the fact that there is no 32 bit
> object model on this platform. I wonder if there is any plan of adding
> this, or is Linux alpha going to always mean 64 bit object model.
The latter. There used to be a 32 bit port of Linux to Alpha, but that
has been abandoned long ago. I understand that having both would be
seen as a maintainance nightmare, and that the community is better off
without it.
Regards,
Martin