Subarches

This page provides an overview of Funtoo Linux sub-architectures, also called subarches. Use the Search feature on this page to filter results in real-time. Also use the green + button to expand each entry for more information.

	Subarch	Description
	Subarch	Description
	SiFive Freedom U740	This subarch supports the RISC-V SiFive Freedom U740 processor, featured on the [https://www.sifive.com/boards/hifive-unmatched HiFive Unmatched] board.
	Raspberry Pi 4	This subarch is optimized specifically for the Raspberry pi 4 B and 400. For now, please consult [[User:Coffnix/Raspberry_Pi_4]] for install instructions. These instructions are in the process of being cleaned up and integrated into the official Funtoo install docs.
	Amd64-zen3	The amd64-zen3 subarch is optimized for AMD Ryzen and ThreadRipper 5-Series processors, as well as 3rd generation EPYC processors. See [[Wikipedia:Zen 3|Zen 3 on Wikipedia]] for more information.
	Generic 64-v2	The generic_64-v2 subarch is optimized for AMD and Intel processors for micro-architecture optimization level 2. See [[Wikipedia:x86-64#Microarchitecture_levels|Microarchitecture Levels]] for more information.
	Generic 64-v3	The generic_64-v3 subarch is optimized for AMD and Intel processors for micro-architecture optimization level 3. See [[Wikipedia:x86-64#Microarchitecture_levels|Microarchitecture Levels]] for more information.
	Generic 64-v4	The generic_64-v4 subarch is optimized for AMD and Intel processors for micro-architecture optimization level 4. See [[Wikipedia:x86-64#Microarchitecture_levels|Microarchitecture Levels]] for more information.
	Amd64-zen2	The amd64-zen2 subarch is optimized for AMD Ryzen and EPYC processors series 3000 and above.
	Intel64-skylake	The intel64-skylake subarch specifically supports processors based on Intel's Skylake microarchitecture. Skylake desktop processors are branded as 6th (Skylake) and 7th (Kaby Lake) Generation Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 Processors.
	Intel64-broadwell	The intel64-broadwell subarch specifically supports processors based on Intel's Broadwell microarchitecture. Broadwell desktop processors are branded as ''5th Generation'' Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 Processors.
	Amd64-zen	The amd64-zen subarch is optimized for AMD Ryzen and EPYC processors.
	Amd64-excavator	The amd64-excavator subarch supports the AMD excavator microarchitecture, produced from 2015. It is the successor to the AMD Steamroller microarchitecture and will be the last revision of the 'bulldozer' family of processors, and is succeeded by [[Amd64-zen|AMD Ryzen processors]]. These processors also include the Bristol Ridge/Carizzo and Stoney Ridge APUs such as the AMD Athlon FX 9830P that include excavator cores along with integrated graphics cores.
	Amd64-steamroller	The amd64-steamroller subarch supports the AMD steamroller microarchitecture, produced from early 2014. It is the successor to the AMD Piledriver microarchitecture.
	Intel64-haswell	The intel64-haswell subarch specifically supports processors based on Intel's Haswell microarchitecture. Haswell desktop processors are branded as 4th Generation Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 Processors.
	Intel64-silvermont	Silvermont is a low-power Atom-based microarchitecture that includes Intel Bay Trail, Avoton and Rangeley Processors.
	Amd64-piledriver	The amd64-piledriver subarch supports the AMD Piledriver microarchitecture produced by AMD from mid-2012 through 2015, which is the successor to the AMD bulldozer microarchitecture.
	Intel64-ivybridge	The intel64-ivybridge subarch specifically supports processors based on Intel's Ivy Bridge microarchitecture and AVX instructions. These processors are branded as 3rd Generation Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 Processors.
	Amd64-bulldozer	The amd64-bulldozer subarch supports the AMD bulldozer microarchitecture CPUs, which were released from late 2011 through the first quarter of 2012 as a replacement for K10 microarchitecture CPUs.
	Intel64-sandybridge	The intel64-sandybridge subarch specifically supports processors based on Intel's Sandy Bridge microarchitecture and AVX instructions. These processors are branded as 2nd Generation Intel Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 Processors.
	Intel64-westmere	Intel Westmere processors are updated first-generation Nehalem processors that included a die-shrink and additional AES and PCLMUL instructions.
	Intel64-nehalem	The intel64-nehalem subarch supports first-generation Intel Core processors: Nehalem microarchitecture-based Intel Pentium/Celeron, Intel Core i3, i5, i7 and Xeon Processors.
	Amd64-k10	The amd64-k10 subarch provides support for the AMD Family 10h processors, which were released in late 2007 as a successor to the AMD K8 series processors.
	Core2 64	The '''core2_64''' subarch supports 64-bit-capable processors based on the Core microarchitecture and all processors of the Penryn microarchitecture. This includes all Intel Core 2 branded processors, some Celeron, some Pentium and some Xeon branded processors.
	Generic 64	The generic_64 subarch is designed to support all 64-bit PC-compatible CPUs (x86_64), from their initial release in 2003 to current.
	Arm64 generic	This subarch supports the generic ARM64 architecture (Armv8-a), and is suitable for use on Raspberry Pi 4.
	Raspberry Pi (Version 3)	This subarch is optimized specifically for the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B version 1.2 (Oct 2016), Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and Compute Module 3 (2017)
	Raspberry Pi (Version 1)	This subarch is optimized specifically for the Raspberry Pi 1 Model B, Model A, Model B+, Model A+, Compute Module, Raspberry Pi Zero.
	Armv7a vfpv3 hardfp	This subarch supports the ARMv7-A architecture with hardware floating point. CPU support includes Cortex-A5 (with hardware FPU), Cortex-A7, A8, A9, A12, A15, A17, and Qualcomm Krait and other ARMv7-A CPUs.