X32 project status update

[H.J. Lu]

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Roland McGrath <mcgrathr@google.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 3:58 PM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2. I backported x32 support to glibc 2.14, 2.13, 2.12 and 2.11.  Since
>> glibc 2.11
>> is the first x32 release now, the x32 minimum ABI is changed from GLIBC_2.14
>> to GLIBC_2.11, which require recompiling all existing x32 binaries.
>
> What's the rationale for this?
>
> Since the x32 ABI didn't actually exist in these glibc releases, I don't
> see why you want to backport it and make the symbol versions make false
> claims.  In fact, since we still haven't merged it, it really belongs in
> GLIBC_2.15 (or later, depending when it gets done).
>

I got a request to backport x32 to glibc 2.11, which becomes the first x32
port due to its existence.

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H.J.