Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4) on Nostr: Linus on different levels for the #x86_64 architecture: ...
Linus on different levels for the #x86_64 architecture:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-%3Dwh_b8b1qZF8_obMKpF%2BxfYnPZ6t38F1%2B5pK-eXNyCdJ7g@mail.gmail.com/
'"[…] The whole "v2", "v3", "v4" etc naming seems to be some crazy #glibc artifact and is stupid and needs to die.
It has no relevance to anything. Please do *not* introduce that mind-fart into the #kernel sources.
[…] it's entirely unofficial, and it's a completely broken model.
There is a very real model for microarchitectural features, and it's the CPUID bits. […]'" #Linux #LinuxKernel
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-%3Dwh_b8b1qZF8_obMKpF%2BxfYnPZ6t38F1%2B5pK-eXNyCdJ7g@mail.gmail.com/
'"[…] The whole "v2", "v3", "v4" etc naming seems to be some crazy #glibc artifact and is stupid and needs to die.
It has no relevance to anything. Please do *not* introduce that mind-fart into the #kernel sources.
[…] it's entirely unofficial, and it's a completely broken model.
There is a very real model for microarchitectural features, and it's the CPUID bits. […]'" #Linux #LinuxKernel