Posted Jul 19, 2010 17:31 UTC (Mon) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263)
In reply to: Linux on PowerPC by Yorick
Parent article: Linux on PowerPC
>That is correct, in that the 32-bit subset cannot "see" the upper bits, but it can change them. And, of course, a process in 32-bit mode can use the full 64-bit instruction set.
On RISCs perhaps (SPARC: ldx), but unlikely on x86, or how would you invoke movq rax, rbx from an ELF32 on Linux?