BJ> Question: What platforms currently have a freely 
 BJ> available 64 bit clean
 BJ> C compiler?  Can that be turned into a cross-
 BJ> compiler with the compiler
 BJ> hosted on a Linux or FreeBSD based system?

 WM> Linux, NetBSD and some other Unicies already run on a variety of 64-bit
 WM> systems. I believe GCC will allow cross-compiling with 
 WM> any of its supported
 WM> targets and hosts, yes. Though, if you have a 64-bit 
 WM> system, it seems a bit
 WM> silly to compile for it on a 32-bit system. :-) And if you don't have a
 WM> 64-bit system, you can't test... If nothing else, there are some Alphas in
 WM> the SF compile farm that you can use.

Ah....  one option...  the source forge farm....  I haven't gotten that far
yet.  [Still having compile issues here before even attempting a remote
compile.]  

I'd have to look up if the HP RISC VME based hardware I have runs 64 bit
with Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD, etc....  Otherwise I don't have a system
here that has an OS supporting clean 64 bits.  Also, it's been a while
since that hardware has been used so it might not power up.  Booting a new
OS on the HP RISC platform would also be interesting.  We successfully
bootstraped the VME hardware for using NextStep 3.1 or 3.2 HP RISC compiled
code.  Some initial configuration needed to be done with HP UX 9.x with
HP's help (hardware and software as I recall) several years ago....  So,
I'm not sure how viable this option is....

Idle thoughts....
I haven't been keeping good track...  Has any of the Linux / NetBSD /
FreeBSD /etc. systems been compiled and use the 64 bit option on the Intel
CPU line?  [Ok, I need to review where Intel is at on the 32 / 64 bit
issue.  MS isn't pushing the issue yet....]


Take care....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41

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