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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:04:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, David S. Miller wrote:
>    
> Being that 32-bit is the primary (and in many ways, ONLY) userland for
> at least 2 64-bit kernel platforms, I think this does matter.

Nope.

System binaries match the kernel. It's as easy as that. So what if 90% of 
the user binaries use 32-bit mode because it's smaller and faster? We're 
talking about a system binary that is _very_ intimate with the kernel.

Just make it a compile-time option and be done with it. 

			Linus

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