[PATCH] Cygwin: mmap: fix mapping beyond EOF on 64 bit

Ken Brown kbrown@cornell.edu
Mon Jul 20 21:08:42 GMT 2020


On 7/20/2020 4:29 PM, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2020-07-20 09:41, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> Ultimately, I wonder if we really should keep all the 32 bit OS stuff
>> in.  The number of real 32 bit systems (not WOW64) is dwindling fast.
>> Keeping all the AT_ROUND_TO_PAGE stuff in just for what? 2%? of the
>> systems is really not worth it, I guess.
[...]
> If you don't want to ask and perhaps reconsider the impact of your approach,
> maybe give folks a heads up on the mailing list that the current release will be
> the last to support 32 bit Windows?

Corinna didn't propose dropping support for 32 bit Windows.  She proposed 
dropping a feature that works *only* on 32 bit Windows.

Ken


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