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Re: Where could I upload x32 port bootstrap?



On Sun, 11 Nov 2012, Adam Borowski wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 08:30:06PM +0000, Wookey wrote:
> > +++ Steve McIntyre [2012-11-10 18:28 +0000]:
> > > *If* we want to include x32, it's worth describing it and
> > > understanding the potential benefits properly and getting some
> > > benchmarks. There's been some work in Ubuntu on the benchmarking front
> > > (as I saw mentioned in a session at UDS last week[1]), which should be
> > > worth looking at. Hmmm, can't find any direct links to them,
> > > though. :-( Maybe somebody else can fill in here?
> > 
> > These were discussed at UDS:
> > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/x32/Quantal-x32-power-memory-comparisons.ods
> > 
> > comparing 64/64 64/32 32/32 kernel/userspace for various tasks, memory
> > usage, power consumption, and duration where approporiate.
> 
> How did this guy manage to run x32 on a "32 bit kernel"?

It is comparing x32 (64/32) with full amd64 (64/64) and full ia32 (32/32).

I am far more interested in x32 versus 64/32 using ia32, though.

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