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From: "Vadim Furman" <vadimf@mainsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 00:11:53 +0000
Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] ILP32 support?
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>   Vadim> Are there any plans to support ILP32 mode?  Vadim Furman
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> No.  So far, nobody has felt that the (small) benefits of ILP32 are
> worth its trouble.
IMHO benefits of ILP32 are huge, since you can relatively simply port
existing 32 apps to ia64 and in the same time enjoy the perfomance of the
new chip.
Is it possible to force LP64 processes below 4G? Is there a compiler/linker
switch to do so?