From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Grundler Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 05:13:58 +0000 Subject: Re: 32 bit application on IA-64 Linux Message-Id: <20040412051358.GA3095@cup.hp.com> List-Id: References: <20040412042150.30706.qmail@web13122.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040412042150.30706.qmail@web13122.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 09:21:50PM -0700, Srikanta R wrote: > Hi, > > I need to compile a 32 bit application on a IA-64 > Linux system, that will run on IA-64 system. I didn't > find any such option for the compiler on IA-64 Linux > system. Can someone suggest how can I get this done ? AFAIK, only HPUX supports a 32-bit ia64 environment with the HPUX compiler/toolchain. Either build it on an ia32 system and install the ia32 compat libs on the ia64 machines (poor performance) or try to build the application as a native 64-bit application (better performance). Sorry, but the obvious question is If you really only need 32-bit, why not run it on a fast ia32 machine? I know a few other reasons one might port to ia64 besides 64-bit but would like to hear your reasons. grant