From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA7F513800E for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:47:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5E006E056C; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:47:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-f181.google.com (mail-vc0-f181.google.com [209.85.220.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02CDAE0417 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:40:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vcbfl17 with SMTP id fl17so5254940vcb.40 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:40:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=6C743ZIIoFCs8Drof3+/eQd7gcXUx/xKR/VnjAFX/08=; b=jZGI6aGyixDesvxGVYKRW7esgSEZFs9Eij9f2KfJOLFvVjc9htOBZm1wwEIq4VEIIm USR1pOBaSGjkDhD+bwCqPOmfWiP6byt40Jlp4tPNVOdQaoyqQ7O0JOJlBbP0AL3QkXIZ WFutHgvhfxqhaHEwGm2cAR0G7rclXk1nIkyXTgTbwpSU+YYgaYKUI0qMGojxHRb0k9uQ +DKP8/zEqh/R3iFCnXrMiR4d7jP06ods+SYekBe3S2zm/4RNTjzv4nh6x3WFjhAKUYJ6 iJAJ5kzyF+mXuypH56aEoQn1g/grQeZQpw+ZE0MoeHB3fOxM9p3mKFMQpfUtjotTx8Ii kqhw== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.99.70 with SMTP id eo6mr10343441vdb.35.1343666450452; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:40:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.58.114.197 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:40:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:40:50 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: [gentoo-user] x32 ABI From: Alecks Gates To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 929f9030-164f-481c-bc05-0f73788c414b X-Archives-Hash: 70a40ced4d1aef4172a9d4941a7b6766 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/