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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: x32 fun pants
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:02:11
Message-Id: CAJ0EP41DGicT0PniRDOb4mo3xwRcZNib0GO4Da_VsMTmMWhcyQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: x32 fun pants by Alec Warner
1 On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote:
2 > On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
3 >> On Saturday 10 December 2011 08:15:10 octoploid wrote:
4 >>> Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org> writes:
5 >>> >  - x32 is the default ABI
6 >>>
7 >>> Given that it's relatively easy to hit the 4GB barrier in the
8 >>> toolchain (e.g. Firefox LTO build), wouldn't it make sense to
9 >>> build gcc, binutils, et.al. as 64-bit LSB executables?
10 >>
11 >> no
12 >> -mike
13 >
14 > On a completely random note, can you even build chromium with a 32-bit
15 > linker? I vaguely recall it requiring more than 4gb of ram to link ;p
16 >
17 > -A
18 >
19
20 I think it is around 2.2 GB on amd64 with debug stuff (-ggdb). Under
21 half that without the debug.
22
23 I'm pretty sure there gentoo users on x86 that are able to build it;
24 it does have an x86 keyword afterall. :)

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: x32 fun pants "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@g.o>