Re: multi-CPU optimization inside a distribution

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On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 12:12:37 +0200, Dan Horák wrote:
> For ppc64 (the big endian POWER) the base is set by the toolchain
> default which is Power4/ppc970. When Power7 came we were asked what are
> the options to take the advantage of these CPUs, 3 generations newer
> than the base. The solution was the introduction of ppc64p7 subarch

But now there is ppc64le for >=Power8.  So <=Power7 can use ppc64 but newer
>=Power8 hardware does use ppc64le which is already Power8 optimized.
So isn't this problem (somehow temporarily) solved for now?

Or are really the Power7 (and not yet Power8) machines the real problem?


Jan
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