RE: [PATCH v3] x86: add NOPL and CMOV emulation

From: David Laight
Date: Mon Jun 28 2021 - 03:54:48 EST


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> I've seen such devices used by small companies to develop point of sale
> machines, information screen, kiosks, etc... where they benefit from
> being easy to set up and, being a standard operating system, allow
> easily tweaking to the customer's needs.

And systems where you really don't want to be running a major
distribution since you almost certainly don't want to write
the infrastructure to do security updates every few weeks.

David

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