# Re: x86 CPU features detection for applications (and AMX)

- From: Florian Weimer \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-06-30 14:34:29 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2021/06/13330068
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2021/06/13330045/t.md

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* Enrico Weigelt:

> OTOH, if one really needs to be independent of distros, one should build
> a complete nano-distro, where everything's installed under certain
> prefix, including libc. Isn't a big deal at all - we have plenty tools
> for that, daily practise in embedded world. The only difference would be
> tweaking the ld scripts to set a different ld.so path.

It breaks integration with system-wide settings, such as user/group
databases, host name lookup, and cryptographic policies.  In many
environments, that is not really an option.

Thanks,
Florian

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