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The mirror data I've seen, but it's really outdated at this point.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.