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My thought was that most binary distributions probably use very conservative configuration that will generate code that compatible with very old processors, and
by Nacraile 10y ago
My thought was that most binary distributions probably use very conservative configuration that will generate code that compatible with very old processors, and that you would therefore not see much use of modern instructions in /bin. This is one of the selling points of compile-yourself distributions like Arch/Gentoo: you know what processor you're running on, so you can take full advantage of its features.
- pepijndevos 10y agoI'm running Ubuntu. Would be interesting to see output from a Gentoo user. [edit] Gentoo: https://bpaste.net/raw/160c1fc57842 https://bpaste.net/raw/160c1fc57842 More Gentoo: https://paste.pound-python.org/show/BOVT5z1G93GRmGGfUyQQ/ https://paste.pound-python.org/show/BOVT5z1G93GRmGGfUyQQ/
- dyladan 10y agoI was under the impression that outside the AUR, Arch is primarily based on binary distribution.