Re: 64-bit and N32 kernel interfaces

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Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Hartvig Ekner wrote:
> 
> > The technical benefits of n32 over o32 are:
[snip]
> > * 64-bit datapath of CPU can be utilized with big impact on certain
> >   applications
> 
>  But an old program doesn't make use of them, so it won't normally
> benefit.

An o32 program using compiler synthesized 64 bit integers will
do so when recompiled for n32.


Thiemo


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