From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Jim Murphy <jmurphy@arista.com>
Cc: "David Harton (dharton)" <dharton@cisco.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Retire x86 32 bit?
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:46:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180417134624.515c6848@xeon-e3> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJC5fi37jyF27FYqvd=-QStSLWf1o+MOWr_ofP+N_STefE2WCA@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:01:14 -0700
Jim Murphy <jmurphy@arista.com> wrote:
> Still used in certain memory constrained environments.
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 11:39 AM, David Harton (dharton) <dharton@cisco.com>
> wrote:
>
> > It is used and tested in production and non-production environments.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dave
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 2:31 PM
> > > To: dev@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).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-17 20:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-17 18:31 Stephen Hemminger
2018-04-17 18:39 ` David Harton (dharton)
2018-04-17 20:01 ` Jim Murphy
2018-04-17 20:46 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2018-04-17 21:18 ` Roger B Melton
2018-04-18 17:40 ` Jim Murphy
2018-04-17 20:40 ` Bruce Richardson
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