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re: mips64eb seems to be mostly 32-bit



On Sun, 4 Jul 2021, matthew green wrote:
(if you notice that -current/HEAD builds now include "mipsn64*" builds. note the 'n' in the middle.

BTW, what does that nomenclature mean and signify? Is it similar at all to the "o32" "n64" terms used for IRIX back in the day? What does the "n" and "o" stand for, "new" and "old" ? Does that mean one day there will be a mips64 without an "n" in there?

I've always been a bit curious about that.

-Swift


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