BeOS for Intel:
Developer Questions | FAQ Number:
FAQ-0424 | Last Modified:
2/9/98 | Keywords:
BeOS, Intel, Developer, Questions, port, software, platform, PowerPC, cross, compile, CodeWarrior, API, endianess | | If you are talking about application-level software, the answer is it is very easy. We found that many of our sample applications required zero effort, they just recompiled and worked. The port has come a long way since then, and we expect that when it ships to developers, setting aside those icky endianess issues, porting from one hardware platform to another will be as simple as recompiling with a different processor target. Developers working on drivers, and other low-level software that interfaces directly with hardware, will have more work to do, of course. Be's engineers have been writing about these topics recently in the Be Newsletter, so be sure to check out the most recent issues for more details and hints (issue #102 goes to press as I write this): http://www.be.com/aboutbe/benewsletter/index.html  |
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