> It is possible. Nothing is impossible. But it is also quite stupid. > > You would need a very god reason, like you get paid for it, to do this.
You'd also need a good reason why you couldn't just buy the original source. It's almost certainly cheaper than trying to wedge the existing library into a 64-bit executable. > > If it's possible, how I can do that? rewriting the headers and a cpp code > > calling the library functions? and the compiler, have I to make some > > special flag? can I reuse a .so as a .a? > > > > This idea could help to the people that have devices that have libraries > > to develop with them but not the source code and for example want to > > change of distro or upgrade an a amd64. Of course that if the library is > > compiled in a 32 bits it will be 32 bit, but it's possible to mix 64bit > > and 32bits code? > > You need a library that mmaps the old library into a 32bit address You also need to manually perform dynamic linking after loading the library, and provide thinks for all the C library functions used by the library. Potentially also intercept syscalls and translate those. Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
