[libre-riscv-dev] power pc

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Wednesday, October 30, 2019, Jacob Lifshay <programmerjake at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The only thing that would be odd is kernel syscalls. Those would be
> > PowerISA yet userspace would be RV.
> >
> > yes I see what you're getting at. unfortunately the linux kernel team
> > pulled the plug on x32 last year (appx).
> >
>
> umm, x32 is totally different (32-bit programs using the 64-bit isa).
> 32-bit programs using the 32-bit isa on a 64-bit kernel is still supported
> and will be for a long time (partially due to Wine and lots of windows
> programs *still* being 32-bit).


Okaaay, whew, big relief.  Ok so there's precedent.

L.



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