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From: Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Test request: linux-mod support for arches with 64-bit kernel/32-bit userland
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 10:30:25 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <44AA7B81.2050307@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060704100853.GH10574@curie-int.vc.shawcable.net>

Robin H. Johnson wrote:

> Notes.
> 1. Mips: with your triple ABI stuff, you might want to look very closely
>    at this.

The triple ABI stuff doesn't really affect things.  o32 userland on a 64bit box 
is the only case where you have to worry about split compilers.  In a 
theoretical n32 or n64 userland, your system compiler (and therefore CHOST) is 
already 64bit, so it's one compiler for both kernel and userland.


--Kumba

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  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-04 14:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-04 10:08 [gentoo-dev] Test request: linux-mod support for arches with 64-bit kernel/32-bit userland Robin H. Johnson
2006-07-04 14:30 ` Kumba [this message]
2006-07-04 18:43 ` Mike Frysinger
2006-07-05 12:54 ` Chris Gianelloni

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