Moving from 32-bit to 64-bit Fedora

[Clemens Eisserer]

Hi,

> recompile everything!
> these days there is no need for 32bit
>
> [harry at srv-rhsoft:~]$ rpm -qa | grep i686 | wc -l
> 0
> [harry at srv-rhsoft:~]$ rpm -qa | grep x86_64 | wc -l
> 1128

Is that why intel put a lot effort into creating the x32 ABI?
Actually, if you have less than 4GB RAM there is very little reason to
use a 64-bit adress space, except for compatibility with pre-compiled
software and maybe large memory mapped areas.

- Clemens