[coreboot] why is firmware 32 bit as opposed to 64 bit

[Patrick Georgi]

Am 10.08.2014 um 21:06 schrieb John de la Garza:
> Doesn't 64 bit C use registers to pass arguments to functions?  If 
> this is the case why not run in 64 bit mode?
Even in 64bit mode you have to store state somewhere (that is, on the
stack) before you have free registers to call new functions.


Patrick

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