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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
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On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 08:54:50AM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 8:33 AM Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > This matches what the qemux86_64 is currently using, and
> > will allow testing the instructions added in the meantime;
> > particularly various SSE extensions are now enabled.
> 
> While I like this change I also worry if we are leaving out any significant
> x86 implementation out there in embedded space x86-64 is relatively newer
> compared to 32 bit which was long stable

Intel Quark and AMD Geode LX are still available to buy today
(Geode for at least 2 more years).

cu
Adrian

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