On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:04 PM, H. Peter Anvin <h...@zytor.com> wrote: > On 02/12/2011 01:10 PM, Florian Weimer wrote: >> Why is the ia32 compatiblity kernel interface used? > > Because there is no way in hell we're designing in a second > compatibility ABI in the kernel (and it has to be a compatibility ABI, > because of the pointer size difference.)
I think he is asking why not create a new ABI layer for the kernel like it is done for n32 for MIPS. -- Andrew
