[LAD] optimum binary distribution (was: vectorization)

[Jens M Andreasen]

On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 10:49 +0200, Richard Spindler wrote:
> 2008/4/17, Jens M Andreasen <jens.andreasen at comhem.se>:>
> > It would have been smarter to have liboil.so be a symlink to
> >  liboil-sse_4_1.so (or whatever hardware you may have)
> 
> What if I export /usr over NFS and have machines with different
> x86-processors using that filesystem?
> 
You really do that? OK, the solution is identical to choosing the right
base architecture in the first place. One of these gets mounted
as /usr/lib

/*/usr/lib/alpha
/*/usr/lib/mips
/*/usr/lib/ppc
/*/usr/lib/sparc
/*/usr/lib/i386
/*/usr/lib/i686
/*/usr/lib/i686.sse2
...

> Having a completely "self-contained" solution sure has its merits.
> 
> Cheers
> -Richard
> 
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