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Intel BOT seems to be patches for specific binaries (hence why they didn't see a difference for Geekbench 6.7), unlike BOLT/Propeller which are for arbitrary pr
by tyushk 6mo ago
Intel BOT seems to be patches for specific binaries (hence why they didn't see a difference for Geekbench 6.7), unlike BOLT/Propeller which are for arbitrary programs. The second image from their help page [1] showcases this.
[1] https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000102604/processors.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000...
- boomanaiden154 6mo agoI might be thinking of a different project then... I swore Intel had their own PLO tool, but I can only find https://github.com/clearlinux/distribution/issues/2996 https://github.com/clearlinux/distribution/issues/2996.
- boomanaiden154 6mo agoFound it. It was https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Thin-Layout-Optimizer https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Thin-Layout-Optimizer. It was open source, but has since been deprecated.
- userbinator 6mo agoApplying targeted binary patches shouldn't take 40 seconds... unless that's also a fake "so it looks like it's working really hard" delay.