[dpdk-dev] Retire x86 32 bit?

[Jim Murphy]

Same for our case.

On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 2:18 PM, Roger B Melton <rmelton at cisco.com> wrote:

> On 4/17/18 4:46 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:01:14 -0700
>> Jim Murphy <jmurphy at arista.com> wrote:
>>
>> Still used in certain memory constrained environments.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 11:39 AM, David Harton (dharton) <
>>> dharton at cisco.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> It is used and tested in production and non-production environments.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 2:31 PM
>>>>> To: dev at dpdk.org
>>>>> Subject: [dpdk-dev] Retire x86 32 bit?
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder if x86 32 bit is still useful?
>>>>> Many distributions no longer support it, and not sure if it is tested
>>>>> througly by anyone.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe time to deprecate it (gradually)?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Pure 32 bit, or x86-64 instructions and registers used in 32 bit mode
>> (which can be faster).
>> .
>>
>>
> Pure 32bit in our case.  We do not use x32 ABI.
>
> -Roger
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