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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Move x86/amd64 CPU extensions USE flags to a new USE_EXPAND variable
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:07:16
Message-Id: 20101211190633.2a5972c6@snowcone
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Move x86/amd64 CPU extensions USE flags to a new USE_EXPAND variable by Jeroen Roovers
1 On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:57:58 +0100
2 Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o> wrote:
3 > bugs like [1] makes clear to me that the increasing number of CPU
4 > extensions USE flags is getting more and more confusing.
5
6 Another big confusion is that x86 and amd64 use the same names for many
7 extensions, but often the archs require different handling. Why not have
8 X86_CPU_EXTS, AMD64_CPU_EXTS etc?
9
10 --
11 Ciaran McCreesh

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