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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/18] Make common x86 arch area for i386 and x86_64 - Take 2

    On Mar 14 2007 21:21, Andi Kleen wrote:
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    >> also, having the x32_ and x64_ prefix is a painful daily reminder for
    >> all of us changing the architecture that 'this stuff needs to be
    >> unified!'.
    >
    >We would probably stuck with that forever and it just looks ugly.
    >Non paravirt xen uses such a setup and I always hated it.
    >
    >Besides the architecture is called x86_64

    If you don't like x{32,64}_ suffixes, _{32,64} suffixes would also be a
    possibility. powerpc/mm/init_32.c for example does it that way.


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