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SubjectRe: Can we drop upstream Linux x32 support?
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* Linus Torvalds:

> Apparently the main real use case is for extreme benchmarking. It's
> the only use-case where the complexity of maintaining a whole
> development environment and distro is worth it, it seems. Apparently a
> number of Spec submissions have been done with the x32 model.

Are you sure GCC was used for that?

ICC has a 32-bit pointer mode which does not change the (64-bit) kernel
interface.

Thanks,
Florian

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