Lots of bugs in 32-bit x86 Linux entry code

Re:Lots of bugs in 32-bit x86 Linux entry code by comex on Thursday December 12, 2019 @04:23PM (#21776636)

No, that’s “x32”. “x86_32” is not an official name for anything, but based on the contents of the post, I believe Andy Lutomirski is using it to refer to 32-bit x86, aka i386.

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Re:Lots of bugs in 32-bit x86 Linux entry code by rurban on Thursday December 12, 2019 @04:48PM (#21776907)

And I believe he meant i686. Latest Intel CPU's with 32bit pointers.

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Re:Lots of bugs in 32-bit x86 Linux entry code by the8472 on Thursday December 12, 2019 @05:00PM (#21777016)

x86-64 procesors can generally be run in IA32 compatibility mode. And intel still makes some IA32-only chips for embedded.

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