> Quoting Hoang-Nam Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: 32-bit build for ppc64 is required > > > So, what you suggest is - build 2 types of libraries, but on PPC make > > binaries 32 bit? That's easy - do others agree to this approach? > No, for execs please create 32bit and 64bit on PPC. > > > Another option is to build binaries with whatever type of binary > > gcc without extra flags generates by default. > On PPC we really need the ability to build both versions. The reason is > simply that there're customers who want them. Why don't offer both > options, and each component owner can decide her/his default?
I don't think this can be elegantly dealt with on a per-component basis. But if some component owner has an opinion on this, do speak up - note this affects binaries only, not libraries such as libehca. > And the > customers can pick the one(s) they like. > I see your point regarding QA effort. Is it really twice? Probably more - I'm reasonably sure most scripts written so far assume stuff is installed in prefix/bin, so testing harness etc would need to be changed. And how to make sure the *correct* set of binaries was actually QA'd? > My assumption > might be wrong: I guess we have to assure/test the 32/64bit compatibility > anyway eg. 32bit client talks to 64bit server. > If we have 32bit execs only for development resp. testing, why don't we > also give them to customers in order to do basic test or diagnosis of > their setup? Because of the confusion this would create. For shared libraries, the 32/64 bit issues seem to be automatically figured out by ld.so, but there's no such solution for binaries. -- MST _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
