linux-kernel - Re: X32 psABI status

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Date:	Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:02:03 -0800
From:	Andrew Pinski <pinskia@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	x32-abi@...glegroups.com, Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de>,
	"H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>, GCC Development <gcc@....gnu.org>,
	GNU C Library <libc-alpha@...rceware.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: X32 psABI status

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:04 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.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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