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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 02:33:01 +0000
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] 001117 toolchain release
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On Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:18:50 -0800, 
Jim Wilson <wilson@cygnus.com> wrote:
>Why 16 bytes?  The sections only have 8 byte data.  (Technically, the unwind
>section has 4 byte data for the 32-bit ABI, but I'm ignoring that for now.)

I did not have the software conventions guide handy at the time.  16
was a "better safe than sorry" value.