Dear Leader spake: > So 32-bit x86 is dead, dead, dead. There's absolutely no future to it. > We're not adding new stuff to "future-proof" it.
I think you have a small error of perspective here. I agree the future for 32-bit kernels is very limited. But this is about 32-bit binary support, and lots of people run 32-bit binaries, even on 64-bit kernels. The great majority of applications have no need for more than 4G of address space and frequently people would rather avoid the pointer bloat that going to 64 bits would cause. The whole reason that the x32 ABI has been added to the kernel is to better support this kind of application. But non-long-mode binaries are still a lowest common denominator. E.g Firefox full releases come in 32- and 64-bit versions, but the precompiled betas are 32-bit only. It still may not be worth it, but 32-bit binaries will be with us for a long time. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
