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System calls and 64-bit architecturesSystem calls and 64-bit architecturesPosted Dec 18, 2008 14:56 UTC (Thu) by liljencrantz (subscriber, #28458)Parent article: System calls and 64-bit architectures
This may be a silly question, but what is the problem with simply fixing glibc to send 65-bit data properly aligned?
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System calls and 64-bit architectures Posted Dec 18, 2008 17:02 UTC (Thu) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458) [Link] The problem is the lefover 65th bit ;-)
System calls and 64-bit architectures Posted Dec 19, 2008 23:08 UTC (Fri) by felixfix (subscriber, #242) [Link]
That must be the security bit for packets of which I have heard mention now and then ... sort of like Perl's taint flag, maybe.
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