Am Montag, 30. Juli 2012, 11:40:50 schrieb Alecks Gates: > 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/
how about: almost zero benefits and lots and lots of downsides? It was only introduced because ATOM sucks so much in 'real' 64bit mode. -- #163933
