> Yes, but the issue at hand isn't whether or not apps can or should be compiled to x32. That capability isn't going away (it happens entirely in userspace and

> Yes, but the issue at hand isn't whether or not apps can or should be compiled to x32. That capability isn't going away (it happens entirely in userspace and is basically just a recompiled set of libraries). If the kernel removes X32 support, I guess it won't take long for toolchains to remove it either. Why should they pay the maintenance burden of it if nobody uses it? > This is a discussion about whether the kernel itself wants to run using x32 mode, No, the kernel has never supported running in X32 mode itself. This is about the compatibility syscalls allowing a X32 userspace with a x86-64 kernel.