Re: Tuple and changes for m68k with -malign-int

Richard via Libc-help <libc-help-9JcytcrH/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.glibc.user,gmane.linux.debian.ports.68k,gmane.linux.debian.ports.68k,gmane.linux.ports.m68k
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On August 27, 2023 9:20:16 AM UTC, James Le Cuirot <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 2023-08-27 at 10:46 +1000, Finn Thain wrote:
>> On Sat, 26 Aug 2023, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>> 
>> > On Sat, 2023-08-26 at 09:53 +0100, James Le Cuirot wrote:
>> 

>> >
>> 
>> If the kernel breaks the ABI, that's a bug, not an excuse. 

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>I do know that m68k Linux has been significantly slower since the transition
>from linuxthreads to NPTL due to the lack of a spare register, but I gather
>nothing can be done about that.

Thanks for saying that. Radically redefining "c" after 35 years of existence for next to zero gain wasn't such a great idea imho.

I hope the kernel ABI can remain stable and everything else is the problem of libraries?

Richard
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