Re: Attempt to fix #189031
On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 08:28:09PM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> I guess you are talking about the work already contributed by
> Alexandre Oliva. The "simple solution" mentioned before was a
> part of it. The relocation handling is still horrible.
I suppose I should say that "not as bad as before" means "can mostly
generate working n32/n64 programs", not that it is any less horrible.
> > By the way, the 32-bit kernel could have an N32 mode added; it's
> > fairly straightforward to merge the bits currently in the 64-bit
> > kernel that you'd need. You'd also need a very modern glibc.
>
> It definitely can't. You are missing the fact that N32 has 64bit
> register widths.
Why does that make a difference? I suppose that I don't know the
details of what mode things like the context switch routines run in.
>From looking at the code, it would seem that it's the 32-bit mode in
the 32-bit kernel.
greg
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