Re: CVS commit: src/sys/kern

[David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>]

On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 02:17:17PM -0700, Matt Thomas wrote:
> 
> On Apr 20, 2013, at 11:04 AM, Christos Zoulas <christos%NetBSD.org@localhost> 
> wrote:
> 
> > Module Name:        src
> > Committed By:       christos
> > Date:               Sat Apr 20 18:04:41 UTC 2013
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> >     src/sys/kern: kern_exec.c
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > don't attempt to load elf64 on 32 bit machines
> 
> if the load address doesn't fit in 4GB.
> 
> I've run elf64(n64) on mips n32 kernel with no problems.

Isn't an n32 kernel a 64bit one that uses 32bit pointers?
A little unusual.

Doesn't that require a COMPAT_64 layer in the kernel?
Since user pointers will be 64bit and kernel ones only 32.

        David

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