> On 21 May 2018, at 18:24, Gary Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 02:41:50PM +0000, ken mays via oi-dev wrote: >> @Gary, >> DilOS mentioned: "SPARC: illumos build still with gcc 4,x because have >> to work on transitions of Sun AS -> GNU AS for sparc sources." >> I just wrote about a move to either GCC 6.x/7.x moving forward, then I >> remember this from DilOS....darn.... > > The real problem is that we don't have source for the Sun assembler, > meaning that we can't change it. GCC on OI does invoke the Sun > assembler for SPARC but the GNU assembler for x86 hardware. It can, > of course, invoke the GNU assembler on SPARC hardware too. The > assembly languages are somewhat different, though. I don't know how > different they are, but all the assembly language source files in > illumos are written for the Sun assembler. > > So, we have a few options. The easiest one may be to create a > translator and use it to convert the source files. It doesn't have > to be efficient as it will be used only once. It does have to be > accurate. >
To be really honest, all such transition from sun as to something else is like walking - you take one step at the time. Thats assuming there actually is a will to make those steps. I am one who has recently touched the SPARC assembler files - it really is that simple:) rgds, toomas _______________________________________________ oi-dev mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev
