On August 27, 2023 9:20:16 AM UTC, James Le Cuirot <chewi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 2023-08-27 at 10:46 +1000, Finn Thain wrote:
On Sat, 26 Aug 2023, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On Sat, 2023-08-26 at 09:53 +0100, James Le Cuirot wrote:
If the kernel breaks the ABI, that's a bug, not an excuse.
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I do know that m68k Linux has been significantly slower since the transition
from linuxthreads to NPTL due to the lack of a spare register, but I gather
nothing can be done about that.
Thanks for saying that. Radically redefining "c" after 35 years of existence for next to zero gain wasn't such a great idea imho.
I hope the kernel ABI can remain stable and everything else is the problem of libraries?
Richard
