> On Apr 26, 2023, at 2:11 PM, Elliott Mitchell <ehem+open...@m5p.com> wrote:
>
> Now we come to the item I've mentioned. The X32 ABI. This is running an
> amd64 processor in amd64 mode, but truncating all pointers to 32 bits
> (ILP32 mode). This shrinks the runtime size of programs in exchange for
> limiting them to a maximum of 4GB of memory. The result is often a
> significant speed increase over both i386 and amd64 modes, largely due to
> reducing memory use.
>
> For rather a lot of programs, 4GB of memory is plenty. Have you ever
> observed `ls` or a shell use anywhere near that much? The fact most
> devices running OpenWRT don't have that much *total* memory says the
> limitation is worthwhile.
Personally I don't want to relive thunking hell.
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