[LLVMdev] 64-bit binaries and the Solaris linker

[Anton Korobeynikov]

Hello

> - would it be acceptable to have system-specific output depending on
> the target linker chain? (and have this likely OS/arch dependent, in
> this specific case, Solaris+AMD64).
> - was a similar problem already faced in other environments and what
> was the solution adopted there? (pointer to the code would be great so
> that I could keep mine coherent with that).
> - any other point/problem/detail :-)
You should create new subtarget (Solaris) inside x86 backend
(probably, inside sparc as well),
create subtarget-specific TargetLoweringObjectFile and emit stuff there.
See X86TargetObjectFile.{cpp,h} as an example.

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With best regards, Anton Korobeynikov
Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, Saint Petersburg State University