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[mlau]

Haha Broadcom.. where companies go to die...

[mlau]

Ah the guy who complained in a blog post that his tuned-for-the-simplistic-windows-scheduler "userspace spinlock" did not show windows-like...

[mlau]

Pretty old toolchain version for such a new cpu, can probably get a few % more perf with newer tools.

[mlau]

That is I believe due to the steam client using the pre-SSE2 x86 ABI (which hasn't been default for over a decande and you can only make work with gcc...

[mlau]

This is a feature of Intel Server parts, don't worry about the Steam Deck.

EDIT: The patch slows down applications with badly aligned locking...

[mlau]

Why do you care so much what Michael does with his time ?...

[mlau]

As Michael has written a few times now: The intent is to show distro performance out of the box. No one is stopping you from doing the analysis you...

[mlau]

from the blurb it's going to be:

return (cpu_has_latest_intel_extensions());

instead of the more realistic:

return...

[mlau]

It's to prevent DX12 from becoming irrelevant everywhere but the xbox....

[mlau]

Could it work with the dreamcast graphics processor? It's also a very early PowerVR, right?...

[mlau]

Oh FFS, it's the same as intels but ever so slightly different as to require a separate codepath. I'd reject both LAM and UAI until intel and amd have...

[mlau]

Renesas made a lot of CPU/Microcontrollers (H8, SH, M32R, RX, ..) Most aren't well known outside of Japan; but I've written software for H8S microcontrollers...

[mlau]

and what should amd announce in 1 year from now? zen5 threadrippers?! ...

[mlau]

Could you please test a 2-die Ryzen 5000 as well please (5950 for example) ?

[mlau]

Ahh no. He's weighed the probable benefits against the added maintenance burden, and decided that the outcome is against the AVX code, simple as that....