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Re: X32 psABI status
On Sunday 13 February 2011, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> The actual idea is to use the i386 compat ABI for memory layout, but
> with a 64-bit register convention. That means that system calls that
> don't make references to memory structures can simply use the 64-bit
> system calls, otherwise we're planning to reuse the i386 compat system
> calls, but invoke them via the syscall instruction (which requires a new
> system call table) and to pass 64-bit arguments in single registers.
As far as I know, any task can already call both the 32 and 64 bit syscall
entry points on x86. Is there anything you can't do just as well by
using a combination of the two methods, without introducing a third one?
Arnd