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SubjectRe: Error in x86 CPU capabilities starting with test5/6
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> As about the broken calling conventions of the IA32 ABI, I think it
> doesn't worth to break the binary compatibility at this late stage.

We are not at any late stage. The new 64-bit PC processors might
be accepted about as well as Microchannel and EISA were accepted.
Crummy old 32-bit processors will be around much longer than we'd
like them to be.

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