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Re: More problems compiling libgcj on HP running HPUX 10.20
- To: tromey at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: More problems compiling libgcj on HP running HPUX 10.20
- From: Anthony Green <green at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 15:30:16 -0800
- CC: urban at ast dot lmco dot com, tromey at cygnus dot com, java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com, libffi-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
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Tom wrote:
> I talked to Anthony (CCd) and he said he'd be happy to give advice
> about porting libffi.
The most important thing you'll need is good documentation on the ABI.
How do function arguments get passed? Where do you find the result?
Things like that.
> Unfortunately I'm told that the HPPA ABI is particularly nasty.
It is. Although now that I think about it I'm not sure how much more
complex it is than the MIPS n32 ABI (which is supported).
AG
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Anthony Green Red Hat
Sunnyvale, California