| From | Florian Weimer <> | Subject | Re: Can we drop upstream Linux x32 support? | Date | Tue, 11 Dec 2018 09:16:05 +0100 |
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* Linus Torvalds:
> Apparently the main real use case is for extreme benchmarking. It's > the only use-case where the complexity of maintaining a whole > development environment and distro is worth it, it seems. Apparently a > number of Spec submissions have been done with the x32 model.
Are you sure GCC was used for that?
ICC has a 32-bit pointer mode which does not change the (64-bit) kernel interface.
Thanks, Florian
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