Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions
Andrew Cater wrote:
> 32 bit Intel/AMD will likely disappear from the kernel if it becomes too
> hard to support. I've just had a quick look at the Fit-PC site - all of
> them look to be 64 bit capable. You want something low power - 64 bit ARM?
> There does come a point when 32 bit x86 really isn't viable - that's round
> about now in my humble estimation, if it wasn't actually two years ago.
> Crucially, the boost library is hard to build - Firefox is built on 64 bit
> to work on 32 bit - and those are the obvious ones. If you want the
> distributions to spend time building on 64 bit for you to run on 32 bit
> hardware which is significantly old you do need to show a demonstrable
> need and perhaps find sponsors for a toolchain and permanent build at this
> point.
I alaready looked for a replacement. Surprisingly the devices with 3 or 4
network cards cost > 400,- US$ and consume more power. I do not see a
reason why I should throw away a device that is working and will be
working. There was nothing ARM based, I could find.
I checked yesterday - as Charles Curley said the demand is near to the base
system - no fancy browser or whatever 372 packages 279 of which are i386.
So indeed the question is about the toolchain. I have no experience in
finding sponsors or whatever. For me it will be sufficient if I could build
those packages locally. I'll put it on the list for the next year.
Help and advise how to proceed is appreciated.
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