Re: LuaJIT on BlueGene/Q

  • From: Mike Pall <mike-1210@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: luajit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 12:05:11 +0200

Justin Cormack wrote:
> On 3 Oct 2012 02:22, "Peter Colberg" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Is there something I could do to make it work in 64-bit mode as well?
> 
> I think the correct answer is that someone needs to sponsor Mike to do a
> ppc64 port. Perhaps IBM can be persuaded...

I'm not sure the memory model is even compatible (too lazy to dig
in the docs). But it's not a big loss: PPC was designed for mixed
PPC32/PPC64 mode from the beginning. AFAIR most binaries on these
systems are 32 bit -- there's no advantage in making them 64 bit.

--Mike

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