32 bit libraries - build hack

[Peter Wemm]

On Sunday 21 March 2004 11:53 pm, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 08:12:29PM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
> > mkdir /lib32
> > mkdir /usr/lib32
> > mkdir /usr/local/lib32
> > mkdir /usr/X11R6/lib32
>
> "lib32" should be reserved for 32-bit libs that are specific to AMD64
> (and either won't run on i386, or will run very sub-optimally). 
> These libs should live in lib/i386.

Except that there aren't any amd64-specific 32 bit libs.  There is no 32 
bit pointer mode except for i386 mode.  While we could configure gcc to 
use 32 bit longs in 64 bit apps, it doesn't solve the pointer problem.  
What is in these directories are the only '32 bit amd64 libraries' that 
we're ever likely to have.  They can be compiled to use the fast 
syscall/sysret instructions instead of int 0x80 and then they'll be 
'amd64 specific'.  I just hadn't gotten around to it.
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