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Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:15:58 +1000
From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
To: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
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Heiko Carstens writes:

> If possible I'd prefer the six-32-bit-args approach.

It does mean extra unnecessary work for 64-bit platforms, though...

Paul.