Re: IRIX -n32 linking Oracle 7 libs

On Apr 28, 8:54pm, Alexis Cousein <al_at_brussels.sgi.com> wrote:
> Subject: Re: IRIX -n32 linking Oracle 7 libs
> Michael Thompson wrote:
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I'm trying to get libs for Oracle 7.x for IRIX that
> > I can link against with -n32 (the supplied libs are
> > compiled -o32)
> >
> > Has anyone come across a source for -n32 linked
> > Oracle libs?
>
> Nope. Oracle, for the moment, only support MIPS ABI (by definition -32) and
> -64 ABI versions.
>
> I'm sure eventually they'll consider an -n32 port and certification (and
> that's the bit that's hard) with more recent compilers, but that's not the
> case right now.
>
>-- End of excerpt from Alexis Cousein

      The word from Oracle `support' is that they doubt there will be -n32 support. SGI support in general is not high on Oracle's priority list of supported platforms. Actually, I was told it was VERY low on the list. Who are the two top platforms you might ask? NT & Sun.

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