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FEX 2409 Highlights Some Of The Challenges Of Emulating x86 On RISC-V


FEX 2409 has been released for this open-source project that's known for allowing x86_64 Linux binaries -- including both games and applications -- to run rather well on AArch64

FEX 2409 has been released for this open-source project that's known for allowing x86_64 Linux binaries -- including both games and applications -- to run rather well on AArch64. This pattern – subtracting, setting flags, and discarding the actual result – is so common that it has a special instruction: CMP (“CoMPare”). FEX 2409 also features FEXConfig rewritten as a Qt application for better usability and features.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.

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