Re: x86 CPU features detection for applications (and AMX)

Florian Weimer
2021-06-30T14:34:29Z

* Enrico Weigelt:

> OTOH, if one really needs to be independent of distros, one should build
> a complete nano-distro, where everything's installed under certain
> prefix, including libc. Isn't a big deal at all - we have plenty tools
> for that, daily practise in embedded world. The only difference would be
> tweaking the ld scripts to set a different ld.so path.

It breaks integration with system-wide settings, such as user/group
databases, host name lookup, and cryptographic policies. In many
environments, that is not really an option.

Thanks,
Florian