Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:02:03 -0800 | Subject | Re: X32 psABI status | From | Andrew Pinski <> |
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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
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