From: mutazilah@gmail.com   
      
   On 19/03/24 22:32, Paul wrote:   
      
   > But one of the messages someone should pass along to you,   
   > is the need to upgrade your hardware. (The 32-bit distros   
   > might be looking for i686 rather than i386, some of   
   > the applications want SSE2 or SSE4 support.)   
      
   Sorry for not specifying clearly enough.   
      
   This is not a hardware question.   
      
   I'm looking for an x64 version of Linux, but I'm   
   initially only going to run the 32-bit software   
   on it (that will indeed run on an 80386 also - but   
   that's somewhat irrelevant).   
      
   The 32-bit software is already capable of producing   
   64-bit Win64 executables, but 64-bit ELF is still   
   pending. And that's actually one of the purposes -   
   to test changes to pdld to support 64-bit ELF, not   
   just 32-bit.   
      
   As to "some of the applications needing SSE2/4" -   
   I do not have a requirement to run any applications   
   other than those produced by the provided toolchain,   
   or a new toolchain that was built with the provided   
   toolchain (or some descendant like that).   
      
   Basically - "here's a valid Linux, here's a C90   
   compiler - you're on your own from here".   
      
   It's not meant to be for normal end users, it's   
   meant to fill a development niche (or a university   
   challenge niche - something along those lines).   
   Possibly some integrity chain - a lineage of how   
   to build Linux starting from "Sector C". With gaps   
   to be filled in.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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