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From: Joshua Kinard <kumba@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] x32 fun pants
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:29:50
Message-Id: 4E77D037.3090300@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] x32 fun pants by Mike Frysinger
1 On 09/15/2011 16:33, Mike Frysinger wrote:
2
3 >
4 > the sizeof(long) and sizeof(void*) are the same between x86 and x32. however,
5 > that's about the only thing. for example, x32 gets access to 64bit registers
6 > when working with 64bit types (long long) and the tuple is x86_64-pc-linux-
7 > gnu. in general, it seems to be closer to amd64 than x32.
8 > -mike
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11 Virtually the exact same for MIPS n32 ABI. Needs a 64bit kernel, needs a
12 mips64-*-linux-gnu toolchain, but the output is a hybrid 32bit/64bit binary.
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14 I wonder if procps ever resolved that PAGE_SIZE mess internally when we
15 brought the o32/n32/n64 mess to light with its author?
16
17 --
18 Joshua Kinard
19 Gentoo/MIPS
20 kumba@g.o
21 4096R/D25D95E3 2011-03-28
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23 "The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us. And
24 our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between."
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26 --Emperor Turhan, Centauri Republic

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