aoki@postgres (Paul M. Aoki) (07/07/88)
I would like to use our Sequent Symmetry (a 386-based multiprocessor)
as a compile-server for a bunch of Sun3 workstations. Specifically, I
am trying to get a 68020 C compiler, assembler, and linker/loader to
work on the Symmetry.
GNU cc seems to work fine on the Symmetry, so I can produce 68020
assembly code. All I need is a working 68K /bin/{as,ld} and I'm set.
Problem: programs that produce .o files are just a *little* more
sensitive to byte-ordering than compilers, and the 68K and 386 have
reverse byte-ordering. I really don't want to go through every line
of Sun's as and ld (or the GNU as and ld) and stick byte-swapping
macros in -- someone somewhere must have done something like this before!
QUESTION: Does anyone have a 68020 as/ld that works on little-endian machines?
Code that runs on a VAX running UN*X would be great, and something
that runs on a 386 UN*X box would be ideal.
We run SunOS 3.5 on the Suns and DYNIX 3.0 on the Sequent, both SysV/BSD
hybrids.
Please pass on any hints or pointers you have ...
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Paul M. Aoki
CS Division, Dept. of EECS // UCB // Berkeley, CA 94720 (415) 642-1863
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