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> > I thought we had a 64-bit binutils port?
> 
> There enough to build kernels, static binaries, ...  The linker is really
> the problem.  First, we would need the processor/os specific ELF
> specification.  The handling of function pointers is another key part
> as it affects how shared libraries are implemented and the dynamic loader.

Okay. Were on the same page :)
 
> I don't see the gcc issues as major as we have the code generation part
> pretty much under control.

Yup :)

c.