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Subject: lib32 support for ARM64
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Hello!

I have recently started to use FreeBSD on my Raspberry Pi 3, when I
noticed that there is no lib32 support, i.e. you cannot run 32 bit ARM
binaries. As I am currently a student with a lot of time to kill during
the summer, I am thinking about implementing this. I would like to know:

 * what needs to be ported/adapted to get lib32 support working?
 * has there been any existing work in this direction?
 * is there interest in implementing this feature?
 * if yes, would this feature be suitable for a gsoc project?

I have no experience in working on the FreeBSD kernel except for a
one-line patch I wrote to get an LPT port card running. I have (for a
student) very good knowledge of programming in C. I know how to read and
write assembly code. I have a reasonable idea of how the FreeBSD kernel
is structured.

Yours,
Robert Clausecker

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