On Sunday 16 April 2006 00:12, Maura Edeweiss Monville wrote:
My laptop has a AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3700+, Architecture is x86_64. My problem is that I have to compile a code that will then be linked to pre-compile binaries produced on 32-bit machines. In short, everything must be compiled to generate 32-bit code for the sake of compatibility. There should be an option in the gcc compiler that forces it to generate 32-bit code..
I have no experience with 64-bit, but as I'm experimenting with a mips-router that involves cross-compiling (ADM5120P cpu), I thought i'd have a look at the 10.0 package repository. There is a directory named 'x86_64'. In there I found not only a gcc-4.0.2, but also gcc-32bit-4.0.2 package. Something for cross-compiling and worth to have a closer look?
But assuming I've got an executable for 32-bit machines, then can I run such an exectable on MY OWN laptop which is 64-bit ? If the answer is "yes" (I hope so) then I'd be grateful to know how I can do that .
:} Hmm, I noticed two other mailinglists that might interest you: - suse-programming-e (http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-programming-e/) - suse-amd64 (http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-amd64/) Cheers, Leen