Re: romcc fixes for AMD64

2003-09-16 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > with the attached fix romcc is able to compile all of auto.c > for the freebios2 amd64 targets. To keep all changes clean > and visible, they're encapsulated in ifdefs. > > Note: This fix alone does not make LinuxBIOS compile on AMD64 > comp

Re: romcc fixes for AMD64

2003-09-16 Thread Eric W. Biederman
ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > > > This could be done using the Opterons PAE feature. Currently I see a > > tradeoff between LinuxBIOS image size and the design conflict when going > > away from 16bit firmware on 32bit systems while staying

Re: romcc fixes for AMD64

2003-09-16 Thread ron minnich
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > This could be done using the Opterons PAE feature. Currently I see a > tradeoff between LinuxBIOS image size and the design conflict when going > away from 16bit firmware on 32bit systems while staying with 32bit on > a 64bit platform. this won't last

Re: romcc fixes for AMD64

2003-09-16 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030916 16:19]: > I think maybe when we start putting > 4 GB memory on these machines, I > don't know how we're going to zero memory absent a true 64-bit C payload. This could be done using the Opterons PAE feature. Currently I see a tradeoff between LinuxBIOS im

Re: romcc fixes for AMD64

2003-09-16 Thread ron minnich
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > Is there any need in going 64bit for the LinuxBIOS C payload on Opteron? > Since the kernel does long mode switching itself this should not be the > case, but maybe there are different opinions. I think maybe when we start putting > 4 GB memory on the

romcc fixes for AMD64

2003-09-16 Thread Stefan Reinauer
Hi, with the attached fix romcc is able to compile all of auto.c for the freebios2 amd64 targets. To keep all changes clean and visible, they're encapsulated in ifdefs. Note: This fix alone does not make LinuxBIOS compile on AMD64 completely yet. GCC and ld need the -m32 in some places at least