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Message-ID: <4D585AC0.3060000@zytor.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:27:12 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: x32-abi@...glegroups.com
CC: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
GCC Development <gcc@....gnu.org>,
GNU C Library <libc-alpha@...rceware.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: X32 psABI status
On 02/13/2011 01:16 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> The actual idea is to use the i386 compat ABI for memory layout, but
> with a 64-bit register convention. That means that system calls that
> don't make references to memory structures can simply use the 64-bit
> system calls, otherwise we're planning to reuse the i386 compat system
> calls, but invoke them via the syscall instruction (which requires a new
> system call table) and to pass 64-bit arguments in single registers.
>
Oh, and as to why not copy the i386 system call list straight off... we
don't really want to add a new ABI with crap like sys_socketcall.
-hpa
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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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