Rationale: Except for cross-compilation, cpuid2cpuflags output for use in make.conf is "set-it-and-forget-it" at the install stage. It should be in place from the beginning so that newly installed programs get full benefit, starting from the first "emerge". I suggest including instructions in the install docs at the same point as setting USE flags in make.conf. It fits in at that point, because this is one more variable that has to be set up in make.conf. Currently cpuid2cpuflag is only used on x86/x86_64, but I notice a thread on gentoo-dev about an arm/arm64 port. So I'm leaving the "Hardware" selection as "All", meaning "all architectures where cpuid2cpuflag is implemented". Reproducible: Always
I don't see a need to have this in the install-cd. This is a very small package that one can install after unpacking stage3, configure and then drop it again. @docs: What do you say?
(In reply to Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto from comment #1) > I don't see a need to have this in the install-cd. This is a very small > package that one can install after unpacking stage3, configure and then drop > it again. > > @docs: > What do you say? Agreed. This is definitely not something we should include in our installation handbook or the installation CD. Too limited.
