linux-kernel - Re: Drop support for x86-32

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Date:	Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:23:06 -0700
From:	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>
To:	wbrana <wbrana@...il.com>
CC:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Martin Nybo Andersen <tweek@...ek.dk>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Drop support for x86-32

On 08/23/2012 11:17 AM, wbrana wrote:
> On 8/23/12, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>> How much of your time is being wasted?  I don't remember any patches
>> from you.  If you mean to say that we are losing your future valuable
>> contributions that would happen otherwise...  I think you'll find that
>> we will manage to muddle through, even without a visionary of such
>> magnitude.
> I'm user space developer. User space software also needs more time if
> more ABIs are supported.

Just to keep feeding the troll:

Exactly what part of your user-space code requires special handling to 
accommodate the differences between the two 32-bit x86 ABIs?  Please be 
specific.

David Daney


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