On most 64bit ports it is no big issue, just a nuisance. But sparc64 and
mips64 don't have a 64bit userland, only 32bit. For these it is a showstopper.
> > Some ports even only have 32bit userland but 64bit kernel (like sparc64 or
> > mips64)
>
> So for those ports we could have a straight 32bit interface and again have no
> problems.
So you want to maintain an own interface for sparc64? That's identical
to an emulation layer effectively, but somewhat less maintainable.
-Andi
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