| 1 |
Am Montag, 30. Juli 2012, 11:40:50 schrieb Alecks Gates: |
| 2 |
> After a recent update to binutils 2.22 I started to look into the x32 |
| 3 |
> ABI support. It looks very interesting and I am thinking about |
| 4 |
> installing it via the experimental stage3[1], but I have some |
| 5 |
> questions to ask first. |
| 6 |
> |
| 7 |
> What are the benefits and drawbacks of using the x32 ABI, other than |
| 8 |
> the obvious "experimental" cautions? I currently do not have a |
| 9 |
> computer with more than 4GB of ram, and one only has 2GB (used as a |
| 10 |
> media center). |
| 11 |
> |
| 12 |
> How do I go about installing an x32 ABI system? Is it as simple as |
| 13 |
> using the x32 stage3 and enabling CONFIG_X86_X32 in the kernel, or is |
| 14 |
> there more to it? How would I convert a running system to the x32 |
| 15 |
> ABI, if possible? |
| 16 |
> |
| 17 |
> Alecks |
| 18 |
> |
| 19 |
> [1] http://distfiles.gentoo.org/experimental/amd64/x32/ |
| 20 |
|
| 21 |
how about: almost zero benefits and lots and lots of downsides? |
| 22 |
|
| 23 |
It was only introduced because ATOM sucks so much in 'real' 64bit mode. |
| 24 |
|
| 25 |
-- |
| 26 |
#163933 |
Archives