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Ubuntu 25.10 Raises RISC-V Profile Requirements

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londons_explore ◴[05 Jul 25 07:17 UTC] No.44470723[source]▶
Why can't these older processors be supported via a software shim for unrecognised instructions?

It is far better for software to run with a couple of percent slowdown on old cpus only than not run at all.

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1. camel-cdr ◴[05 Jul 25 09:28 UTC] No.44471356[source]▶
> It is far better for software to run with a couple of percent slowdown on old cpus only than not run at all.

The difference on geekbench is 2x and not every benchmark has been optimized for RVV yet: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compare/10681749?baseli... (same hardware, one using the newer geekbench version that can take advantage of RVA22+V)