https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65464
--- Comment #9 from Markus Trippelsdorf <trippels at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Alan Modra from comment #7) > On x86_64-linux you can run 32-bit binaries. On powerpc64le-linux you > can't. It's that simple. -m32 support in powerpc64le gcc, by default, > doesn't make sense until we have > - supported and tested compat layer in the kernel > - supported and tested gcc, binutils and glibc Only if IA32_EMULATION is set in the kernel config. I have disabled this option for years now. So the situation is exactly the same.