[LLVMdev] Architecture Dependency of LLVM bitcode (was Re: compile linux kernel)

Jonathan S. Shapiro shap at eros-os.com
Mon Sep 29 12:21:23 PDT 2008


On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 15:03 -0400, Sherief N. Farouk wrote:
> Why not add types with explicit endianess?...

The issues with architecture dependency are far broader than byte order.
LLVM in its current form is simply not intended to be machine neutral.
Quite the contrary: it is heavily machine dependent!




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