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submitted 1 year ago by xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I've seen people talking about it and experienced it myself with a server, but why does Linux run so well on ARM (especially compared to Windows)?

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[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Small correction: the flag setting modes aren't undocumented. They're standardized extensions. ARMv8.4 added FEAT_FlagM, and ARMv8.5 added FEAT_FlagM2.

https://developer.arm.com/downloads/-/exploration-tools/feature-names-for-a-profile

IIRC, the only nonstandard ARM extension used by Rosetta 2 in Apple's processors is TSO, and that's also implemented by other manufacturers. It's also not a hard requirement to run amd64 under ARM. You can emulate it very slowly or restrict the application to a single core.

Apologies for the tangent, but I needed to make sure nobody could defend Microsoft's prior failings by saying "but Apple has secret hardware sauce".

[-] carl_the_grackle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

So while not technically "secret sauce," it's certainly "special sauce." Good point.

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