On Monday, 22 July 2019 20:51:27 CEST Ben Cotton wrote: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/x86-64_micro-architecture_update > > == Summary == > Fedora currently uses the original K8 micro-architecture (without > 3DNow! and other AMD-specific parts) as the baseline for its > <code>x86_64</code> architecture. This baseline dates back to 2003 > and has not been updated since. As a result, performance of Fedora is > not as good as it could be on current CPUs. > > This change to update the micro-architecture level for the > architecture to something more recent. > > == Owner == > * Name: [[User:fweimer| Florian Weimer]] > * Email: [mailto:fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx] > > == Detailed Description == > > After preliminary discussions with CPU vendors, we propose AVX2 as the > new baseline. AVX2 support was introduced into CPUs from 2013 to > 2015. See > [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions#CPUs_with_AVX2 > CPUs with AVX2]. > I'm in the minority here as I have only one computer which supports AVX2, so I would benefit from it, but even then, I wouldn't want people not being able to update anymore because their hardware is too old. Maybe dial the proposal back a bit, for example, target instructions supported by Celerons and Pentiums? Best regards, Robert-André _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
