> At one time (probably 5+ years ago) I was thinking about trying x32 > because I had an old x86_64 machine with 1GB DRAM (probably PC100, > yes, it was that old). But at that time I got the impression that a > lot of my normal desktop packages were not ready for x32.
The current target for this kind of distros would be x64 based cell phones, tablets, routers and netbooks (say an used chromebook). > ISTR that Vapier at gentoo was doing a lot on x32 and at one time > had many patches for it. I've certainly seen some references to x32 > when I've been looking at ebuilds, so I guess they will be a good > place to start when things don't build. He did a lot of work for the x32 port of gentoo indeed. > Of course, you need to start with real cross-compiling: something > based on cross-lfs x86_64 (64-bit) is probably a good place to start, > although you'll need to work out the details for yourself because > they don't do x32). Will do but IIRC, their software versions is not current when I checked out many month ago (gcc 5.4.0 among other). Patches for the guide will be sent (also here if you are interested). Alain -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
