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After a recent update to binutils 2.22 I started to look into the x32 |
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ABI support. It looks very interesting and I am thinking about |
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installing it via the experimental stage3[1], but I have some |
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questions to ask first. |
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What are the benefits and drawbacks of using the x32 ABI, other than |
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the obvious "experimental" cautions? I currently do not have a |
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computer with more than 4GB of ram, and one only has 2GB (used as a |
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media center). |
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How do I go about installing an x32 ABI system? Is it as simple as |
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using the x32 stage3 and enabling CONFIG_X86_X32 in the kernel, or is |
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there more to it? How would I convert a running system to the x32 |
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ABI, if possible? |
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Alecks |
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[1] http://distfiles.gentoo.org/experimental/amd64/x32/ |
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