On 5/20/09 9:03 AM, "Bob Plantz" <plantz@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 07:47 -0700, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: >> Brian McGrew <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> Is there any way of using a 32-bit library in a 64-bit build environment??? >>> Our entire software build is 64-bit but I need to use a vendors library that >>> is only 32-bit and never will be 64-bit. Any such way of accomplishing this >>> task? >> >> No. If an x86 processor is running in 64-bit mode, then it can not >> execute code compiled in 32-bit mode. The two modes are not compatible. >> >> The closest you can come is to write a 32-bit wrapper program around the >> library, run it in a separate process, and use some sort of RPC to >> communicate with it. >> >> Ian > > Wouldn't this depend on whether it is statically linked or dynamic? I > could certainly use 32-bit mode calling conventions in my 64-bit code > and call a function that uses only 32-bit instructions. > > (I'm probably revealing my ignorance of libraries here.) > -- Interesting... My code... 64-bit C++ compiled with g++. Their code... 32-bit C compiled DYNAMICLY with gcc. ??? I have much more ignorance than you Bob, so... -b
