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On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:40:50 -0500 |
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Alecks Gates <alecks.g@×××××.com> wrote: |
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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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Your first step should be to read flameeye's blog on the matter, |
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then decide. It's nowhere near at awesome as Intel makes out. |
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You can find the blog on the front page of gentoo.org under the name |
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Diego |
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> Alecks |
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> [1] http://distfiles.gentoo.org/experimental/amd64/x32/ |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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