On 17.01.2020 17:18, Zebediah Figura wrote:
If we have no 32-bit libraries (or, in the case of Mac OS, ability to even load 32-bit libraries if they are present), the best solution seems to be to run most code in 32-bit mode (after all, the CPU does still support it) and thunk down to 64-bit when necessary, specifically when entering a host library or something similar.
But this is still a lot of work, and raises a lot of its own nasty problems. It's far better just to have 32-bit libraries available to us.
I did not understand that the thing would be that Linux distro's would not be able to even load 32-bit libraries? Was it not more that they would not provide 32-bit libraries as a thing, and that it would still be supported due to the kernel still being able to run 32-bit code?
I can't see the "end of all" by this tbh, but that it will be certain distro's that none will bother maintaining 32-bit libraries for, sure.. And it will end up being up to enthusiasts to provide custom libraries just for wine if needed i guess.
Is there non-critical or performant processes that could be "converted" so that ALL the 32-libraries would not be needed?
Sveinar