Arnd Bergmann wrote:
On Sunday 22 October 2006 20:00, Avi Kivity wrote:
Existing installations?
Dropping 32-bit host support would certainly kill a lot of #ifdefs and
reduce the amount of testing needed. It would also force me to upgrade
my home machine.
Ok, but if you radically change the kernel<->user API, doesn't that mean
you have to upgrade in the same way?
No, why? I'd just upgrade the userspace. Am I misunderstanding you?
The 32 bit emulation mode in x86_64
is actually pretty complete, so it probably boils down to a kernel upgrade
for you, without having to touch any of the user space.
For me personally, I don't mind. I don't know about others.
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