Re: Drop support for x86-32

From: wbrana
Date: Fri Aug 24 2012 - 14:18:48 EST


On 8/24/12, Martin Nybo Andersen <tweek@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That's right, but new hardware, that I wish to use with the old machines
> might
> not because of no backporting of new drivers. Same goes for new software
> utilising newer kernel features.
Which new hardware and which old machine do you want to use?

> Those mentioned by Chris Friesen, whose arguments you apparently ignored.
I can't find any e-mail where Chris Friesen mentioned exact legacy apps.

> You are allowed to compile most of the software running on Linux yourself.
> If
> you want a binary to use the x32 ABI, go compile.
I can't compile x32 versions of Firefox, Chromium, NVIDIA drivers, etc.
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