I agree with Paulo about if possible adding x32, however I'm not convinced about dropping support for old hardware... :)
(Also following the discussion amongst several lists is close to a real nightmare :p ) 15.06.2015, 20:54, "Paulo César Pereira de Andrade" <[email protected]>: > [snip] > > I believe i586 should be left for old distros. At best give support, and > some backports when applicable, and if there are users. > > But x32 may be a good plus for OpenMandriva. For the "best cases", > like lots of integer and pointer arithmetic, I have seen reports of up > to 40% improvement on some benchmarks. > > x32 should also use quite less memory on very complex programs, > with very large amounts of relocations, etc. I think firefox or chromium > could run and load faster. Quick googling appears llvm and clang > support x32, but there may be issues, like not having a flash plugin. > > Thanks, > Paulo > _______________________________________________ > OM-Cooker mailing list > [email protected] > http://ml.openmandriva.org/listinfo.cgi/om-cooker-openmandriva.org Raphaël Jadot _______________________________________________ OM-Cooker mailing list [email protected] http://ml.openmandriva.org/listinfo.cgi/om-cooker-openmandriva.org
