On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> My opinion is that N32 is good enough for people who are short on
> space. We have too many MIPS ABIs already!
You meant "there are", I suppose, as we (i.e. Linux) only really have a
single one right now -- o32. And my opinion is we should carefully choose
additional ABIs for the 64-bit port based on technical superiority and
flexibility and do not blindly follow what others do. To achieve this, we
do not even need to fiddle with the toolchain -- ELF file formats are
sufficient, binutils don't care and gcc may be set up as needed in a
configuration header. All that matters is the kernel and libc.
That said, I do not assert my address/data model propsal is optimal --
this is subject to a discussion, but please keep non-technical arguments
away.
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