Problem with Athlon 64
lazarus / 1-Linux

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eric · 2004-11-02 10:39

I've got a new Athlon 64 machine with SuSE 9.2 (64-bit) installed on
it. When I try to build Lazarus, everything compiles properly, but the
linking fails right at the end with:

Linking ./lazarus
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible
/usr/lib/fpc/1.9.5/units/linux/rtl/cprt21.o when searching for
/usr/lib/fpc/1.9.5/units/linux/rtl/cprt21.o
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find /usr/lib/fpc/1.9.5/units/linux/rtl/cprt21.o
lazarus.pp(97,1) Error: Error while linking

If I use a compiled Lazarus executable from another system, Lazarus
runs and works normally, but when I try to compile a program I get
exactly the same error.

The same Lazarus source and FPC version work fine on a 32-bit machine.

Any comments?

Eric

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Marc · 2004-11-02 17:43

I don't know if FPC on AMD64 is fully operational. AFAIK there is
still worked on.

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eric · 2004-11-02 19:01

Well, I think it should be using the 32-bit mode of the processor, and
therefore running just the same as it does on an i386.

Eric

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Anonymous · 2004-11-08 02:35

03 Nov 2004 The x86-64 (aka. AMD64) compiler is progressing nicely so
we created a snapshot. You can download the x86 64/Linux snapshot

ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/snapshot/v19/linux-x86_64/fpc-
1.9.5.x86_64.tar.gz

B.Eyes

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eric · 2004-11-08 07:54

Yes, I saw that, but the trouble is that it's only a binary snapshot.
Also, I'm not sure that it's what I want, i.e. will it only compile
64-bit programs? What I want is a working 32-bit development system
running on my Athlon 64 PC. The system is capable; what I'm searching
for is a way to get Lazarus/FPC to function in it.

Eric

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Lightning · 2004-11-08 12:16

I have the feeling that the compiler wants to use 64 bit libs, i might
be wrong ...

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Marc · 2004-11-08 16:24

Maybe ask this on the fpc-devel mailinglist.
You can also join #fpc (or #lazarus-ide)  at irc.freenode.org and ask
there.

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eric · 2004-11-08 19:40

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

Eric