linux-kernel - Re: Can we drop upstream Linux x32 support?

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Date:   Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:40:35 +0000 (GMT)
From:   "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
To:     Thorsten Glaser <tg@...bsd.de>
cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, bp@...en8.de,
        fweimer@...hat.com, vapier@...too.org, hjl.tools@...il.com,
        dalias@...c.org, x32@...ldd.debian.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Subject: Re: Can we drop upstream Linux x32 support?

On Tue, 11 Dec 2018, Thorsten Glaser wrote:

> Furthermore, x32 was the first of the many *64ilp32
> architectures; I know I’ve seen amd64ilp32 and at least
> one other I don’t recall.

 Maybe you mean n32 MIPS, complete kernel+userland support for which has 
been available in Linux from 2001?

  Maciej