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> possible to use processor-specific syscalls instructions without
> recompiling userland, move some of the ABI code into userland (i.e.
> freebsd32 layer on amd64) etc.
>
freebsd32 on amd64 needs serious work (preferably in a way to make it
behave more like the linux32 emulation complete with a full compat
directory structure)

What goes on now with libexec/ld-elf32 is bogus.

it would also help if one could get the kernel to lie in hw.machine_arch
among other places via a personality sysctl.