On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:58:21 +0100 Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Any specific comments? I can handle x86 but I'd appreciate specific > arch teams replying about more exotic arches. +1 i like the idea, but with a list of useflags that would get converted this could "reach" more people i think profiles/base/use.mask should be organized enough to easily get such a list however, i disagree with your rationale: asm for specific cpu extensions tend to be written and tested after given cpu is available, thus if you have a brand new cpu, you want to be notified if a package gains support for this new instruction set the advantages I see is that for packages like mplayer or ffmpeg, it is a pain to distinguish what is a cpu extension, what is a codec or what is just a preference over an external lib; this would make it clear. USE_EXPAND_HIDDEN would also make irrelevant flags for your architecture hidden and not just masked. Alexis.
