> On 06/10/12 09:22 AM, Lu, Hongjiu wrote: > > We are proposing to extend x86-64 psABI to support > > ILP32 model: > > > > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2012-05/msg00258.html > > > > If a software package needs update to support ILP32 > > in x86-64, __ILP32__ can used to distinguish LP64 model > > from ILP32 model. If there are no differences > > between ILP32 and LP64 models, no changes are needed. If > > an x86-64 compiler doesn't support ILP32 model, checking > > __ILP32__ will make sure that it will works. > > If the software didn't care about the ABI, they wouldn't check for > __amd64__ in the first place. This is a compatibility breaking > change that should not be allowed. Define a new __x32__ symbol, > don't break __amd64__. >
If a package doesn't support x32, it won't work on x32 anyway. Please show me one example of adding __ILP32__ check breaks anything. H.J. _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
