>> In short, the processes and testing ensures folks like you don't have >> >> any troubles when you use the libraries on real servers :) >> > >> > You make a most compelling argument. Thanks for this. :) >> >> the other thing is - some level of standards... and enablement, docker >> and k8s on aarch64 is consistent across the entire armserver markets. > > Prior to real hardware, we were porting under QEMU with userspace emulation > only + Ubuntu. Talk about slow builds. This thing is lightning fast > comparatively. +1. I have a "test script from hell" as I call it. It takes about 4 hours to run on a modern PC, and it builds the libraries and runs the self tests under various configurations. Using QEMU, it would take 3 to 5days to run. Under a Hikey (ARM64) or Cubie Truck Plus (ARM32), it takes about 12 hours to run. Jeff