on the road to a pure x86_64 going tru' PAE enabled kernels i spotted a better candidate:
lwn.net - The x32 system call ABI <https://lwn.net/Articles/456731/> hummm ... a dream becoming true? this ABI can be used also for pure x86 processors? non PAE processors? old 32 ABI compiled programs need a recompilation or not? i mean, compiled for 32 bit ABI? can replace PAE? ... i think not ... look like a useful addition not replacement for PAE because PAE is needed to access more than 4 GiB anyway ... if true then if we have old boards with old processors where 4 GiB of installed RAM is an physical limit, will use and see only this extended x32 ABI ( but PAE enabled kernels can run on old boards like that? ) if we have new systems with more RAM we can use real x86_64 programs! ======================================= linux is free, but needed expertise to use this little beast is a personal, time consuming, continuous accumulation of knowledge and wasted time can not be rolled back no matter how much money you have selling free software can not bring to you too much money, but USING free software you can make a lot of money like Google ... or IBM your little help to free software development does not bring to you any money but can help you use it more efficiently, so you can make more money ... meanwhile, other users of that little free software program, using your contribution can make more money! nobody loses anything, all those who know how to use a free software program, in continuous evolution, wins registered linux user #352479
