[dpdk-dev] Retire x86 32 bit?

[Roger B Melton]

On 4/17/18 4:46 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:01:14 -0700
> Jim Murphy <jmurphy at arista.com> wrote:
>
>> Still used in certain memory constrained environments.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 11:39 AM, David Harton (dharton) <dharton at cisco.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It is used and tested in production and non-production environments.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Dave
>>>   
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 2:31 PM
>>>> To: dev at 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).
> .
>

Pure 32bit in our case.  We do not use x32 ABI.

-Roger