Re: [PATCH v2] x86: Start removing X86_X32_ABI

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz]

On Wed, 2026-07-08 at 13:22 +0100, Sam James wrote:
> > My guess is that it's similar for Gentoo, which doesn't have
> > an x32 installer or kernel package either, though their kernel
> > support times are apparently much shorter than Debian's.
> 
> No, there are people who actually use pure x32 without any sort of
> multilib on Gentoo.
> 
> Someone even noticed when we broke our live media for it:
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/908599.
> 
> Are there masses of these people? No, I don't believe so, and
> I'm not going to strenuously object to its removal, but there are users
> of it.

Jepp, that's how I see it as well. I don't have particularly strong feelings
against the removal. But I think it should be well justified before breaking
something that people use.

Adrian 

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