Re: aarch64: sysutils/cpu-x@ncurses got SIGSEGV during its initial print_activecore

On Sat, Dec 02, 2023 at 11:26:04PM -0800, Mark Millard wrote:
> Hmm. On thinking about it, the output:
> 
> # cpu-x
> CPU-X:core.c:301: failed to call libcpuid (CPUID instruction is not supported)
> CPU-X:core.c:1478: failed to find chipset vendor and model
> CPU-X:core.c:1480: failed to find graphic card vendor and model
> CPU-X:core.c:2260: failed to retrieve CPU temperature (fallback mode)
> 
> that also occured may be more of an indication that aarch64 is not
> actually supported by the infrastructure used.

Indeed it is not.  Perhaps it's time to teach libcpuid about aarch64? :)

> The Makefile should possibly block doing aarch64 builds that will
> not work. Likely more than aarch64 would have that status.

Previously libcpuid was arch-restricted but I've lifted it a year ago
(see commit ff7949343c4a).  I guess I could leave it as "i386 amd64"
again, but then people would come by and reapply commit 9482644374c1.

./danfe