Brad, Why does ppc64 need a 64bit userland?
It would seem to me that you would not want a 64 bit userland at all. From my understanding pure 64bit userlands tend to hurt performance because twice as much data is going across the bus as needed. Are -m32 -m64 not valid gcc/ld options for you? On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 08:50, Brad House wrote: > We DEFINATELY need ppc64!!!! > ppc64 is a 64bit kernel and 64bit userland > What ppc does is a 32bit kernel and a 32bit userland > What sparc64 does is a 64bit kernel and a 32bit userland > What sparc does is a 32bit kernel and a 32bit userland > See the main difference here, it's all in the userlands man! > > If anyone removes ppc64 keywords, I will personally lynch you. > > -Brad > > > maybe i'm lost with this but is there any reason we need ppc64 ? > > couldnt something be done with ppc/ppc64 like the sparc/sparc64 merge ? > > -mike > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Ned Ludd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gentoo Linux Developer
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