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comex on Dec 12, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Lots of bugs in 32-bit x86 Linux entry code

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.

rurban on Dec 12, 2019 [–]

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

the8472 on Dec 12, 2019 | [–]

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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