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Rust Lands Support For The Motorola 68000 Processors
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Originally posted by linner View PostCan you actually run rustc on m68k machines to compile code there?
I tried to build LLVM 13.0.0-rc3 for m68k on Gentoo, and it failed due to some integer overflow. The README does say native building is "untested" at the moment, so maybe this is expected. Debian (via debports) does appear to have LLVM 12 packaged for m68k. Maybe they've patched it (not sure where to look), but that release was before the m68k target was added anyway.
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Originally posted by ssokolow View Post
As far as I know, no m68k machine has enough RAM to run rustc, so it'd just be for cross-compiling.
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Originally posted by OneTimeShot View PostIIrC AmigaOS gets confused after 1.5Gb, so probably needs patching….
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Originally posted by Chewi View Post
Nah, it's not just about the CPU. You need hardware drivers too, and the Amiga's hardware is very special, especially the graphics hardware. Even on Linux, you can't do much graphical stuff. You get a basic framebuffer, but it's only good for text and the Tux logo. You can run X but it has to do some CPU-killing pixel format conversions.
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Originally posted by Chewi View Post
Just like that, eh? I've got more than enough to do, thanks.
It's also worth noting that Redox picked up Meltdown protection in only 3 days of work. It's design really does make extensions easy and straightforward.
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