platform-specific notes
Known to work
FastLZ is known to work without problem on the following platforms and compilers combinations:
- GCC version 3.x on Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows (MinGW)
- GCC version 4.x on Linux and DOS (DJGPP)
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and 2005
- Borland C++ 5.5 command-line compiler for Windows
- OpenWatcom C/C++ 1.6 for Windows
- Digital Mars C/C++ 8.49 for Windows
- Intel C++ compiler 9.1 for Linux (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Intel C++ compiler 10 for Windows
- Sun Studio 11 C compiler for SunOS/Solaris
- LCC-Win32 3.8 for Windows
- Pelles C 4.5 for Windows
FastLZ should work without problem on many different processor architectures, including but not limited to x86, x86-64, IA64, SPARC and many others.
Unsupported
FastLZ is not supported yet on the following platforms and compilers combinations:
- All version of Turbo C and Turbo C++ for DOS
- All version of Borland C++ for DOS
- All version of Microsoft C compiler for DOS
All other compilers/platforms are not thoroughly tested so it may or may not work.
Please report encountered problems to the issue tracker.
Important Issues
Intel C++ compiler
Some versions of Intel C++ compiler might not be able to compile FastLZ properly. The compiler will give "internal error" and then abort the compilation because sometimes it can not handle __builtin_expect correctly.
The solution is to update the compiler to the latest version.
Another workaround is to specify option -no-gcc when invoking the compiler.
DOS platform
FastLZ can only be used with programs running for DOS (MS-DOS, PC-DOS, FreeDOS) with GCC 4.x by using DJGPP or by cross-compiling. All other compilers are not supported yet.