On Friday, September 16, 2011 09:36:32 Donnie Berkholz wrote: > understanding is that it probably makes sense to switch to x32 no matter > what you're using now (x86 or amd64).
x32 needs a 64bit processor, so x86 cant go away as it's the only ABI that can
run on 32bit processors
but for 64bit processors, it seems like x32 would be more common than x86_64.
x32 comes with a 4GiB address space (since its pointers are 32bit), so there
will always be a niche that wants the larger space that 64bit brings you.
so long term, i wouldnt be surprised if we move to:
MULTILIBS="x86 amd64 x32"
DEFAULT_ABI="x32"
or when multilib-portage lands, we default to just x32 (except glibc/gcc which
has them all) and pull in the other two when people ask explicitly.
-mike
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