Linux 32-bit support

[alex-che]

Currently several extension binaries are 64-bit only, and do not work on Linux 32-bit. Is it possible to add support for Linux 32-bit?

[je-so]

Same problem here. Symbol information is not generated on 32-bit systems. Any plan to fix it?

[sean-mcmanus]

We haven't decided yet whether to add support for 32-bit systems. The number of users on 32-bit Linux systems is a very small percentage; however, it still seems to be the 2nd most common "blocker", followed by the glibc 2.18 or newer requirement.

[randombenj]

Same problem, 32 bit support would be nice.

[sean-mcmanus]

Why are people running 32-bit Linux instead of 64-bit Linux? What is the barrier to switching?

[randombenj]

We develop c++ in a lxc container, with some real time c++ application framework which we can only use as a 32 bit library.

[alex-che]

@sean-mcmanus, I develop for several target platforms. Some of my build environment is Windows and some is Linux. So I use Windows as my host OS, running Linux in a virtual machine when needed. To minimize memory and storage load when running the virtual machine, I opted to go 32-bit Linux. It worked without any cons so far.

[yuyoyuppe]

+1

[randombenj]

Any plans whether this will be fixed at all?

[sean-mcmanus]

Not yet.

[wintersf]

+1 for 32bit support.
We are building an embedded application that has older tools only available on 32-bit and a large effort to update full toolchain.

[agendek78]

+1 for 32bit. Many users are running linux in virtual machines and don't want to waste resources for 64bit linux installation.

[randombenj]

Are there some pain points in releasing the extension as 32 bit?

[sean-mcmanus]

@randombenj The main pain point is our code doesn't compile/link without errors for a 32-bit Linux target. And our telemetry showed the 32-bit Linux usage was between 3-4% so it wasn't a high priority issue to solve.

[wjd19900102]

By now ,some developers about the embedded system, need the 32 bit on the Linux. We need support the 32bit.

[sean-mcmanus]

@wjd19900102 I believe embedded systems developed can be done on 64-bit Linux too, even if the target embedded system is 32-bit. We still plan to add 32-bit support, but we're not sure when.

[bobbrow]

This has been addressed with version 0.14.4