On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 8:45 AM Randall Becker <the.n.e....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I know the subject has been covered for other platforms, but this one (HPE > NonStop TNS/X) has a few quirks. > > The platform does not support gcc at all. Many have spent years trying > unsuccessfully to port gcc. > The platform does support a solid and POSIX compliant implementation of c99 > and C libraries. > There are windows-based c99 cross-compilers that work well for the platform. > There is also a windows-based linker for the platform. > Cross-compiled gcc code will not run on the platform. > The platform is x86-64 bit, but it runs big-endian. > Intermediate and executable object files are in ELF format, but with some > variation of values in the header that the linker handles. > > Is there a direction that I should take in looking at the port? Try native or > cross-compiling? > > I need GO because there is a really important package written in it that I > want to have on the platform. It is too big to port to another language, but > that might be my backup plan. Am I out of luck or is there hope for this?
Go only requires a C compiler if you want to support cgo. If the package that you care about is pure Go, then the C compiler and linker shouldn't matter. You won't need them. You'll have to start by cross-compiling from some other platform. The Go tools are written in Go, so you need to bootstrap starting on some other platform. You'll need to change cmd/link to generate an ELF file that your platform can run. You'll likely need to change the compiler and assembler for the fact that your platform is big-endian. That might be simple, or it might be hard, I'm not sure. It's hard to answer general questions like "what direction should I take," but we'll be happy to answer specific questions as best we can. Good luck. Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAOyqgcWx8Jj_agn4%2BerwRfYdq-hJooFSs-vBiuE-RSEhj%3DDOOA%40mail.gmail.com.
