Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965118AbVINJj3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 05:39:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965119AbVINJj3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 05:39:29 -0400 Received: from pollux.ds.pg.gda.pl ([153.19.208.7]:55303 "EHLO pollux.ds.pg.gda.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965118AbVINJj2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 05:39:28 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:39:25 +0100 (BST) From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" To: Lennart Sorensen Cc: Joe Bob Spamtest , "David S. Miller" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Pure 64 bootloaders In-Reply-To: <20050913193745.GH28578@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Message-ID: References: <4325F3D5.9040109@spamtest.viacore.net> <20050912.144107.37064900.davem@davemloft.net> <4325FADB.4090804@spamtest.viacore.net> <20050912.151230.100651236.davem@davemloft.net> <43260A8D.1090508@spamtest.viacore.net> <20050913165228.GG28578@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20050913193745.GH28578@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 860 Lines: 19 On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > The reverse -- two 64-bit formats and one 32-bit one. And don't forget > > to multiply by two endiannesses. ;-) > > I thought it was 32bit old, 32bit new (for using 32bit pointers on a 64bit > cpu) and 64bit. At least the names I have seen were 32o, 32n, 64. Well, n32 requires a 64-bit CPU and uses 64-bit registers. For C/C++ 64-bit registers can be referred to with the "long long" types; I can't comment ABIs for other languages. Pointers are indeed 32-bit. Therefore for everything except ELF loaders the format can be considered 64-bit. Maciej - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/