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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:02:03 -0800
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Subject: Re: X32 psABI status
From: Andrew Pinski <pinskia@gmail.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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        "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>, GCC Development <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>,
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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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