Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:04:05 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] /proc/sys/kernel/pointer_size |
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On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, David S. Miller wrote: > > Being that 32-bit is the primary (and in many ways, ONLY) userland for > at least 2 64-bit kernel platforms, I think this does matter.
Nope.
System binaries match the kernel. It's as easy as that. So what if 90% of the user binaries use 32-bit mode because it's smaller and faster? We're talking about a system binary that is _very_ intimate with the kernel.
Just make it a compile-time option and be done with it.
Linus
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