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On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 kwalker@linux-mips.org wrote:

> Modified files:
> 	include/asm-mips64: Tag: linux_2_4 a.out.h elf.h processor.h 
> 	arch/mips64/kernel: Tag: linux_2_4 process.c signal.c 
> 
> Log message:
> 	Represent ABI (o32,n32,n64) in thread mflags using 2 bits:
> 	MF_32BIT_REGS, MF_32BIT_ADDR.

 Why do you assume no ABI set for ELF32 means n32?  Historically it means
o32 and arch/mips64/kernel/binfmt_elfo32.c treats it as such.  Also a
brief study of binutils reveals the interpretation is the same for IRIX
which does not handle the EF_MIPS_ABI mask. 

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