Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) It used to be
autofs (I actually added that whole "packetized pipe" model just to
make automount "just w ork" even though the stupid protocol used a
pipe to send command packets that had different layout on 32-bit and
64-bit).
64-bit).
See commit 64f371bc3107 ("autofs: make the autofsv5 packet file descriptor use a packetized pipe") for some discussion of that particular saga.
particular saga.
Some drm people used to run 32-bit kernels because of compat worries, and that would have been a disaster. I have some hope that it's slowly happening.
I have some hope that it's slowly happening.
Linus
Linus
Linus
64-bit).
See commit 64f371bc3107 ("autofs: make the autofsv5 packet file descriptor use a packetized pipe") for some discussion of that particular saga.
particular saga.
Some drm people used to run 32-bit kernels because of compat worries, and that would have been a disaster. I have some hope that it's slowly happening.
I have some hope that it's slowly happening.
Linus
Linus
Linus