__LP64__ defined on Alpha Linux?

Richard Henderson rth@cygnus.com
Tue Mar 28 22:01:00 GMT 2000


On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 12:28:39AM -0500, peeterj@ca.ibm.com wrote:
> 3) 32 bit int and long.  64 bit pointer (IL32P64?) -- this is microsoft's
> object model for IA64.

"P64", actually.

> I wonder if there is any plan of adding this, or is Linux alpha going
> to always mean 64 bit object model.

I'm not planning on adding a 32-bit object model.

It's been on some folks wish lists, and I don't know of anyone else
planning to do it either.  When one starts to consider parallel sets
of runtime libraries, one starts to blanch.


r~


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