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Add
nopshufb
tag that should remove all code utilizingPSHUFB
- and similar code on other platforms.Background
As can be seen in recent news there has been lawsuits related to possible patents of aspects of erasure coding functionality.
As a possible mitigation it is possible to use the tag
nopshufb
when compiling any code which includes this package.This will remove all inclusion and use of
PSHUFB
and equivalent on other platforms.This is done by adding
-tags=nopshufb
togo build
and similar commands that produce binary output.The removed code may not be infringing and even after
-tags=nopshufb
there may still be infringing code left.