IncusOS and x86-64-v3

Hello there,

About the system requirements, I see that x86-64-v3 is required, but AFAIK those images are assembled off Debian binaries; while the ‘incus’ and kernel binaries are from Zabbly.

What’s up with this requirement? Is there any measurable performance gain over generic CPU targets or some other reason?

We’re currently using the general purpose kernel from the Zabbly repository but plan on having that change in the near future which will then bring in the x86-64-v3 requirement. We’re telling everyone that it’s a requirement so that folks don’t complain when we do switch the kernel build and older systems no longer boot.

Will the zabbly kernel still provide v2 kernel in the futur or will this be entirely phased out ? I use it on debian with v2 host ?

No plans on changing baseline for X86 on the Zabbly kernel at this point.

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