On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 2:18 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm@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 The mirror data I've seen, but it's really outdated at this point.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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