[fpc-pascal] x86.pp and oldlinux.pp

[Jonas Maebe]

Holger Bruns wrote on Tue, 03 Nov 2009:

> Jonas Maebe schrieb:
>> The next release of FPC will include a version of the x86 unit for  
>> Linux/x86_64. In general, if a unit is not available in a  
>> precompiled version for your platform, the reason is that it does  
>> not work. Unless you intend to fix/rewrite that unit for your  
>> platform, trying to force the compiler to compile it anyway will  
>> not help you.
> This means, you deliver these units for documentation purposes only,

No, it means that the x86 unit is only supported on i386 in FPC 2.2.4  
(we do install a compiled version of that unit when installing the  
i386 compiler).

And regarding your later remark about FPC only being usable as root:  
it's the Linux kernel that only allows direct port access by root.  
Please stop blaming every single one of your problems on the compiler  
or the RTL.


Jonas

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