Re: 64-bit and N32 kernel interfaces

["Kevin D. Kissell" <kevink@mips.com>]

From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
>

> On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Tor Arntsen wrote:
> 
> > > Any reference?  AFAIK, long is 64-bit for n32 and only void * is 32-bit. 
> > >It doesn't make sense otherwise. 
> > 
> > On SGI/Irix n32 long and void* are 32-bit, only long long is 64-bit.
> > On SGI/Irix n64 long and void* are 64-bit too.
> 
>  Hmm, it looks pretty much broken if that's true (especially given long
> long was non-standard untile very recently).  I'll check the docs, yet.

n32 has the same data types as o32, an "ILP32" C integer 
model.  n64 is a pretty normal "LP64" C integer model.

What do you consider to be broken, and how would you
have preferred it to have been done?

            Regards,

            Kevin K.