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The baseline for code generation in Go today is rv64g. To make optimal use of bitmanip or compressed instructions, we need to know that we are targeting hardware that will support it. That is similar to the -march  parameter passed to the gcc and clang compilers.

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https://github.com/golang/go/

https://github.com/golang/go/issues/61476

https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/541135

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See https://github.com/golang/go/issues/61476 for the spec.