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Brad, |
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Why does ppc64 need a 64bit userland? |
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It would seem to me that you would not want a 64 bit userland at all. |
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From my understanding pure 64bit userlands tend to hurt performance |
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because twice as much data is going across the bus as needed. |
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Are -m32 -m64 not valid gcc/ld options for you? |
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On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 08:50, Brad House wrote: |
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> We DEFINATELY need ppc64!!!! |
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> ppc64 is a 64bit kernel and 64bit userland |
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> What ppc does is a 32bit kernel and a 32bit userland |
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> What sparc64 does is a 64bit kernel and a 32bit userland |
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> What sparc does is a 32bit kernel and a 32bit userland |
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> See the main difference here, it's all in the userlands man! |
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> If anyone removes ppc64 keywords, I will personally lynch you. |
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> -Brad |
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> > maybe i'm lost with this but is there any reason we need ppc64 ? |
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> > couldnt something be done with ppc/ppc64 like the sparc/sparc64 merge ? |
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> > -mike |
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> > gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list |
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