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Re: vDSO support for 32-bit x86?
> For avoidance of doubt the reason I ask is that I've run across a couple of
> use cases where 32-bit programs running on a 64-bit kernel could make use
> of a faster gettimeofday. It seems like it would certainly be doable.
Talk to the kernel people. My impression has been that they didn't think
this sort of thing was worthwhile based on the notion that people who care
about performance will just use x86_64 anyway. With the advent of x32,
this position seems even more likely to prevail.