Since I haven't generated the various ztypes_nsx_GOARCH.go files, I think I 
need to use +build nsx and not ignore the build for types_nsx.go. 

I found a way to run bootstrap.bat on windows but I was told that I had to 
run make.bat instead, so I did. I had to add "nsx" to the array 'okgoos' in 
cmd\dist\build.c to be able to run make.bat so I did that too. And the 
output from make.bat had a lot of the same warning 'this statement may fall 
through [-Wimplicit-fallthrough=]' and I ignored them. And I had to update 
sym.c (liblink)'s headers array with an entry for nsx which made me realise 
that the following files will need to have 'switch cases' for Hnsx on a 
bunch of other asm*/obj files under cmd\*l and liblink. So I did them too. 

 I know that I also have to update cmd\ld\elf.c where I see three 
references required for Hnsx - one at elfinit and the other two under 
asmbelf function - one while setting interpreter and the other for setting 
elf protected headers (?). But I'm uncertain about the changes required in 
that file especially the one setting the interpreter because that requires 
pointing to the dynamic linker loader (different ones for OABI and EABI) in 
asm.c under cmd\*l directories? Can you please advise?

On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 8:25:55 PM UTC+1 Ian Lance Taylor wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 8:25 AM Shiva <emailshiva...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > One file specifically, types_linux.go which I duped into types_nsx.go 
> has a build statement that goes like this '+build ignore'. Github 
> discussions around this suggest to me that I don't have to build this? But 
> happy to be corrected.
>
> The "+build ignore" line means that the file will not be built as part
> of an ordinary "go build" or "go install". For a file like
> syscall/types_linux.go, that is because the file originally served as
> input to cgo -godefs as part of generating the various
> ztypes_linux_GOARCH.go files.
>
> > Also, can I build the bootstrap on windows or can I only do it in a 
> POSIX environment - I don't see bootstrap.bat and running bootstrap.bash 
> with GOOS=nsx and GOARCH=amd64 simply returns back the prompt?
>
> You should be able to build a bootstrap on Windows but you'll have to
> either replicate bootstrap.bash in a Windows style, or you'll have to
> use something like cygwin to run the bootstrap.bash shell script.
> There aren't that many real commands in bootstrap.bash so I think that
> creating a minimal bootstrap.bat would be fairly simple.
>
> Ian
>

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