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SubjectRe: [RFC] Rename various 'IA32' uses in arch/x86/ code
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The issue with that is that "compat" is a cross-architecture feature of the kernel to handle *some* 32-on-64 bit ABI translations.  x32 uses *some* but not all of the compat machinery.

It is already confusing when you introduce more than two ABIs (e.g. x32 or MIPS n32) and we need a way to be able to be specific. I suggest using i386 or just use ia32 as a legacy symbol name.

On June 18, 2015 11:14:45 AM PDT, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>On Jun 18, 2015 7:49 AM, "Brian Gerst" <brgerst@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> As long as there is no confusion between this and X32, I am fine with
>it.
>
>I would suggest that we use "compat" for the traditional 32-bit x86
>code,
>and x32 for the x32/ones. That sounds very natural and unambiguous to
>me..
>
> Linus

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