Re: Drop support for x86-32

[wbrana]

On 8/23/12, Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 3:08 PM, wbrana <wbrana@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 8/23/12, Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Nobody here cares about closed source drivers.
>> There are also open source software which don't support X32 like
>> Oracle Java, VirtualBox, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome.
>
> As I said before, X32 is an optional ABI in 64-bit kernels, for 64-bit
> userspace code using 32-bit pointers to save memory.  Userspace
> software doesn't have to support it, it can just go full 64-bit.  Any
> kernel that supports X32 also supports the full 64-bit ABI.
I don't understand how your e-mail is related to my e-mail.
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