On 12/12/2014 12:22 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On 12/12/2014 11:12 AM, Dave Hansen wrote: >> This is 3.20 material. I'm hoping to get some comments early >> in case folks have some issues with the way it's being done. >> >> The MPX hardware structures differ in layout in 32 and 64-bit >> mode. A 32-bit binary running on a 64-bit kernel needs the >> 32-bit structures, so we need code which switches between >> the two modes. > > The OS community figured out years ago that you aren't supposed to do > this. Did everyone forget to tell the hardware people?
What is your concern with it, exactly? You want the same size structures with the same format for 32-bit and 64-bit modes? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
