74 Linux Applications on pSeries
Compiler and API considerations
Since Linux applications will probably be written using the GNU compilers, and
the same compilers are available with the Toolbox on AIX, there will not be any
language-specific errors in the code. But there might be errors because of
missing and/or incompatible APIs. On the IBM Toolbox Web site there are
documents illustrating differences between standard compliant AIX APIs and the
Linux Standards Base (LSB).
The Toolbox documentation on API differences can be found on the following
FTP directory. (Please note that this is only an aide and not a substitute for the
appropriate system API subroutine documentation for the target systems.)
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftwa