Re: [PATCH] x86: Start removing X86_X32_ABI

[Tomas Glozar]

FWIW, T2 Linux [1] also has an option to build x32, and there have been such
builds last year [2]. Since this year, it switched to building KDE Plasma
desktop ISOs, where x32 makes less sense, though, as modern desktop is rather
RAM-hungry.

[1] https://t2linux.com
[2] https://dl.t2sde.org/binary/2025/t2-25.10-x32-base-wayland-glibc-gcc-nocona.iso

Also at least 6 years ago, x32 was reported there to increase performance by
some 5-8% [3] likely thanks to smaller pointers allowing better cache
utilization. That is not insignificant, and not all tasks require gigabytes of
RAM (e.g. compression and encryption, as shown in the link).

[3] https://www.youtube.com/live/Mw-ravkg67k?si=HS7ZHZyg_FKXPZUz&t=387 (yeah
YouTube video not the best source...)

Tomas