Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:53:18 +0100 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: Developing code for ia64 |
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"Hen, Shmulik" wrote: > > Hi, > > When developing kernel drivers (module) for ia64, is it necessary to do it > on an ia64 machine ? > Our product contains a pre-compiled core object (IP protection :-\ ) and a > set of wrapper source files, so for dual platform support the tar ball has > to contain both an ia32 and ia64 versions of the executable. Is there any > way to get an ia64 compiler (and libs) installed on an ia32 machine and use > it to get ia64 compatible binaries ?
I would seriously recommend to intel to consider NOT doing this. Binary only modules are generally frowned upon and there is (almost) never a good reason for doing them. If you're concerned about firmware, that's a totally different issue, binary firmware images can be done in a much simpler way.
But PLEASE don't do such a binary only module; I thought Intel was more Open Source friendly than that. (And I know most parts of Intel are; the CPU folks and the networking folks are VERY helpful)
For one, almost no Linux distribution will ship with your drivers so customers have go to a lot of hassle to compile their own drivers, and by doing that they loose all support from the community.
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