INTER-ARCHITECTURE COMPATIBILITY MODULE FOR ALLOWING CODE MODULE OF ONE ARCHITECTURE TO USE LIBRARY MODULE OF ANOTHER ARCHITECTURE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inter-architecture compatibility module which allows a code module of one architecture to use a library module of another architecture.SOLUTION: An inter-architecture compatibility apparatus comprises: a control flow transfer reception module 530 for receiving a first call procedure operation, intended for a first architecture library module, from a first architecture code module 516, where the first call procedure operation involves a first plurality of input parameters; an application binary interface (ABI) change module 532, coupled with the control flow transfer reception module, for making ABI changes to convert the first call procedure operation, involving the first plurality of input parameters, to a corresponding second call procedure operation, involving a second plurality of input parameters, which is compatible with a second architecture library module 518; and a control flow transfer output module 536, coupled with the ABI change module, for providing the second call procedure operation to the second architecture library module 518.