Re: [PATCH 00/18] Make common x86 arch area for i386 and x86_64 - Take 2

Andi Kleen
2007-03-14T20:21:33Z

> also, having the x32_ and x64_ prefix is a painful daily reminder for
> all of us changing the architecture that 'this stuff needs to be
> unified!'.

We would probably stuck with that forever and it just looks ugly.
Non paravirt xen uses such a setup and I always hated it.

Besides the architecture is called x86_64

I don't see a problem with step by step unifying what makes sense
in the current setup.

-Andi