Hi all, Im running on a AMD64 processor with Windows 7 64 bit OS and I just finished building a Win32/Win64 cross-compiler (using --disable-multilib and --target=x86_64-w64-mingw32). Im wondering now if I should continue and build a native Win64 compiler.
My main questions are: 1) What precisely is the difference between the cross-compiler and the native compiler in terms of the files that are generated from the build and the files that are generated when compiling projects with the cross-compiler, 2) What is difference between having a multilib and a non-multilib cross-compiler? I assume multilib has both 32 and 64 bit libraries and therefore the capability to produce 32 and 64 bit output? Does non-multilib (with --target=x86_64-w64-mingw32) produce only 64 bit output? and, 3) Is there any major advantage to having a native Win64 compiler? If this is all answered somewhere else, please point me in the right direction. Regards Bidski ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
