On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 2:18 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
wrote:
On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 02:01:13PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > >>support long NOPs, for Intel CET. However, the majority of
> > >>installations of i686 packages is for use on x86_64 systems, as
> > >>multi-lib RPMs.
> > >Based on what data?
> > The mirror data I've seen, but it's really outdated at this point.
> There are currently about 275,000 IP address checking in with x86_64
> systems every day. and 25,000 x86_32. So it's about 11:1.
Here's a breakdown as arch percentage over time:
https://twitter.com/mattdm/status/1003701941724172295
Looks like the 50:50 point was about five years ago.
Thanks! Very helpful to see x86_32 compared to ARM. Trajectory is very
important, but laying that aside, x86_32 a) significantly larger than both
ARM arches combined, and b) roughly 10% of the "user base".
jeff
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