[dpdk-dev] Retire x86 32 bit?

[Bruce Richardson]

On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 06:31:07PM +0000, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> 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)?

Distributions no longer support it for the kernel, but they certainly still
support running 32-bit apps. There's still a lot of code out there that
has not been converted to 64-bit, and we need to keep 32-bit DPDK around to
support that for some time.

Regards,
/Bruce