IAS Assembler for Itanium Architecture

[alan_feldstein]

Has anyone tried building IAS on Solaris/SPARC-64 using Sun Studio 11 yet, or am I the first one?

As downloaded, the makefiles and scripts try to map "UNIX" to "i486-linux", and GCC is the default compiler. Obviously, some modification was going to be necessary.

I abandoned GCC because it produced objects that Sun's link-editor didn't like. That problem had a non-trivial all-GNU solution, but I didn't want turn my build system inside out just to build IAS. I'd rather put the effort into a Sun Studio 11 port.

GNU make is still handling the build automation.

I am making progress. I was just curious to know if anyone had tried this. If I can find such a person now, that could reduce latency when and if I get stuck.

Alan Feldstein

[Intel_Software_Netw1]

These links may provide someadditional context for the discussion. We'd also love to hearfrom any developers who may have tried what Alan is describing:

Open Source from Intel: Itanium Architecture Assembler User's Guide: http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/220023.htm

Intel Itanium Architecture Assembly Language ReferenceGuide: http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/docs/linux/ref/asm_lan_lx.htm

Intel Itanium Processor Manuals: http://www.intel.com/design/itanium/manuals.htm

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[alan_feldstein]

Thank you, Lexi.

I have successfully built IAS on Solaris/SPARC-64 using Sun Studio 11. In doing so, my goal was to keep the system intact for other platforms. Therefore, my modifications should be regarded as an improvement.

If anyone is interested in this patch, please contact me.

Alan Feldstein