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If like me you were unaware of the "x86-64-v.." classification, here is an overview: https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2021/01/05/building-red-hat-enterprise-l
by dtech 3y ago
If like me you were unaware of the "x86-64-v.." classification, here is an overview: https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2021/01/05/building-red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-for-the-x86-64-v2-microarchitecture-level# https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2021/01/05/building-red-h...
- throw0101a 3y agoSee also: > In 2020, through a collaboration between AMD, Intel, Red Hat, and SUSE, three microarchitecture levels (or feature levels) on top of the x86-64 baseline were defined: x86-64-v2, x86-64-v3, and x86-64-v4.[41][42] These levels define specific features that can be targeted by programmers to provide compile-time optimizations. The features exposed by each level are as follows:[43] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Microarchitecture_levels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Microarchitecture_level...
- o11c 3y agoAssuming APX[1] actually becomes a thing, that will be an even more significant feature level. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Advanced_Performance_Extensions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Advanced_Performance_Ext...