OpenSUSE Developers Continue Discussing x86_64 Microarchitecture Feature Levels

[Slartifartblast]

I definitely agree with SSE 4.2, I think it's a bit early perhaps for AVX requirements and maybe make the cut off for AVX for the release after.

Thoughts please folks ?

[phoronix]

Phoronix: OpenSUSE Developers Continue Discussing x86_64 Microarchitecture Feature Levels

Ahead of the upcoming openSUSE/SUSE Adaptable Linux Platform (ALP), whether to raise the x86_64 micro-architecture feature level required by the Linux OS continues to be evaluated and what options there are for making use of newer x86_64 instruction set extensions without necessarily forcing tightened CPU requirements / eliminating old hardware support...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/openSUSE-Aug-x86_64-uarch-Level