Re: Latest sources from CVS.

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>]

On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Thiemo Seufer wrote:

> Maybe I wasn't clear about it, I meant kernels with 32 bit address
> space but 64 bit register width, allowing for userland N32 ABI.
> 
> E.g. the old DECstations with R4k CPU and limited memory would fit
> in this scheme. :-)

 I'm only going to support n64 on the DECstation.  You are welcomed to do
n32 stuff yourself if you want to. 

> >  Remember we are writing of the kernel -- we don't know what userland is
> > going to bring us
> 
> I don't understand this. The kernel _defines_ what the userland is allowed
> to do.

 I haven't considered you may mean crippling the available user address
space.

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