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Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 12:05:52 -0700
From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
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Subject: Re: MIPS 64?
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On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 12:06:45PM +0200, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> > Int vs. long was a very small issue as I discovered during porting for the
> > first 64-bit machines, the IP22 and IP27.
> 
>  Well, the surprise is going to happen in drivers, I'm afraid...

That depends on how much people were thinking ahead when writing drivers.

  Ralf