RE: fastcall for gcc

["Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:12 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: fastcall for gcc
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:08:28AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com]
> >> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:07 AM
> >> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> >> Subject: Re: fastcall for gcc
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:01:18AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> >> >would you accept a patch to give cygwin gcc FASTCALL support?
> >> 
> >> Um, talk to Danny about this.  I think he's already got
> >> something along these lines.
> >
> >He does, it's the work Danny did with the ReactOS group that 
> I'd like 
> >to make available in cygwin. For purely selfish reasons - 
> I'd like to 
> >be able to cross compile Reactos without YACOG on my system.
> 
> You don't need another compiler, then.  Just use the one 
> you've built yourself.

Which doesn't have your tweaks to gcc. 

There are other applications for FASTCALL support, including building NT
device drivers and so forth. 

Anyway, should I take this as
"No, cygwin gcc doesn't need FASTCALL"?

Rob

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