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Re: X32 psABI status
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:04 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> On 02/12/2011 01:10 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> Why is the ia32 compatiblity kernel interface used?
>
> Because there is no way in hell we're designing in a second
> compatibility ABI in the kernel (and it has to be a compatibility ABI,
> because of the pointer size difference.)
I think he is asking why not create a new ABI layer for the kernel
like it is done for n32 for MIPS.
-- Andrew