On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 11:11:07AM -0700, Matt Thomas wrote:

 > >         All 64-bit issues are hidden in the kernel.  Leave it that way.
 > 
 > Depends on if there is need for an app to have more than 4G of address
 > space.  Granted that will need to be a big machine but eventually that
 > will need to happen.

There's also the "64-bit native types in 64-bit registers" thing.  This
is what e.g. N32 is all about on MIPS.  Is there such an ABI for PowerPC?

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>