Hi, i thought it is impossible to make pcsx2 to work in my ubuntu 64-bit system but searching a little i read something about the possibility of compiling a 32-bit app in a 64 bit system by using the -m32 option of gcc.. also i know that there are ways to run 32 bit app in a 64 bit linux system.. the problem is that i don't know exactly how to do this 2 things, can anybody help me? i need the basic steps, my CPU is a core 2 duo.
Thanks!.

You need to set up a 32bits chroot. Anyway, read and post here please http://forums.pcsx2.net/thread-2373.html

And, for reference, I've looked at the -m32 option. It works for C++ files, but the compilation fails the moment it encounters one of several .S files in the project, which are straight assembly.

If those assembly files were inlined in the C code like the Windows equivalent, -m32 might be an option, and it's possible there are ways around this that I am not aware of.

The reason they aren't inlined is because having the assembly in question inlined would require the function to be naked (starting with __declspec(naked)), and the gcc programmers refuse to implement nudity in x86. Basically, gcc has an enforced dress code.

So, yes, you'd need to set up a 32 bit chroot. By it's nature, the steps to do so are distribution specific, because when you create a chroot, you're basically installing Linux in minature in a folder on your system (only a 32 bit version, in this case). Some distributions in Linux make it easier then others.

The process should be easy to find with google; I know I've seen instructions for Gentoo and Ubuntu in searches before.

(02-28-2009 12:08 PM)arcum42 Wrote:  And, for reference, I've looked at the -m32 option. It works for C++ files, but the compilation fails the moment it encounters one of several .S files in the project, which are straight assembly.

Have you tried to find a switch for the assembler? Otherwise I'd suggest to contact developers.

The problem isn't even the .S files so much.

For 64 bit to work, you need a completely new JIT recompiler. Yes, Pcsx2 has a JIT recompiler inside, and yes it generates fancified x86-translated versions of your favorite game's executing code, while you play. Simply flipping a compiler switch does nothing for this. It's 10-15 thousand lines of code, most of which needs at least slight modifications to work at all in an x64 environment, and some of which needs fairly extensive modifications to have a reasonable performance profile.

Oh, I wasn't talking about 64 bit working, Jake.

I was just talking about forcing gcc to compile pcsx2 as 32 bits inside a 64 bit environment; crosscompiling, basically. For that, the .S files are a sticking point, though I'm sure there are ways around that (Which I don't know).