Re: X32 psABI status

[H. Peter Anvin]

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.)

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/