Am 12.12.2013 14:01, schrieb Jiri Kosina:
Linux x32 ABI is trying to overcome at least the "data" portion of this problem (of course instriction cache would still need to operate on 64 bits).
Ok, but I don't think we are using this, yet. At least I can see clearly much higher memory demand on x86_64 than on i586 (a desktop with just 1GB of RAM is totally unusable on x86_64, while it works well on an old i686. Same config with XFCE, Thunderbird, Firefox). But as I wrote further up in the thread, *I* don't mind if openSUSE drops i586, because thanks to LF's yocto project, I don't mind just building my own distribution. Might be less annoying in the long run anyway :-) -- Stefan Seyfried "If your lighter runs out of fluid or flint and stops making fire, and you can't be bothered to figure out about lighter fluid or flint, that is not Zippo's fault." -- bkw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org