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