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Subject: Re: [9fans] plan9 go output faults on 9vx with rfork
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>> So, what changes are needed to set it up for full 64bit?
>
> not a huge number.
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> Implement oscmpswap32 for gccmagic/cmpswap.c
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> create a function pointer like cmpswap called cmpswap32
> assigned oscmpswap32 to cmpswap32 in main.c
>
> change all sem* bits in a/sysproc.c to use uint32 not long
> change ed script so it won't do the wrong thing in future.
>
> ugly, but I don't see a non-ugly way to do it.

 Thanks for the general idea.  I assume that there is also a bunch of
 stuff in vx32, but that might be a different question.

   EBo --