n32 means 64bit wide registers and 32bit address space. It runs only on a 64bit kernel.
A bit off topic, but it reminded me nonetheless. Anyone trying to build a new version of procpcs (>3.4.2) under mips64 will likely need this patch.
Unsure what the reasoning behind this bit was in procps, but it assumes that n32 is usable on a mips64 system (atleast, my understanding of the conditional is that), and thus defines KLONG to long long on mips64, which breaks 'ps' on these systems (you get a nice sigsev).
Thought it'd be useful to pass along.
--Kumba
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"Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere." --Elrond
diff -Naurp procps-3.2.4.orig/proc/procps.h procps-3.2.4/proc/procps.h --- procps-3.2.4.orig/proc/procps.h 2004-08-20 18:40:13 -0400 +++ procps-3.2.4/proc/procps.h 2005-02-28 10:38:05 -0500 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ // // Unknown: PA-RISC and zSeries // -#if defined(k64test) || defined(_ABIN32) +#if defined(k64test) #define KLONG long long // not typedef; want "unsigned KLONG" to work #define KLF "L" #define STRTOUKL strtoull
