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This adds an experimental x86-64-v2 build profile while keeping x86-64-v3 as the default for systems that support it. The v2 profile lowers the required CPU feature set and uses a scalar fallback for paired-single fused multiply-add where FMA is unavailable, while v3 keeps the existing optimized path.
The profile is wired through the Windows, Linux, and Intel macOS build paths, with runtime CPU checks that report missing baseline features clearly. Intel macOS builds and tests were run through Rosetta, and Luigi Circuit was tested at normal settings and x4 resolution without an observed performance drop.
This PR depends on #228 landing first because the Intel macOS target and its build support are introduced there.

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  • New Features

    • Added a macOS installer for Apple Silicon and compatible Intel Macs running macOS 12 or later.
    • Added macOS setup guidance for verifying and compiling games locally.
    • Added configurable x86-64 v2 and v3 CPU profiles.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved macOS app packaging and dependency handling.
    • Improved Linux executable path detection and cross-platform build compatibility.
    • Fixed linked conditional branches and generated C++ output in select cases.
    • Setup refreshes packaged project files while preserving user assets and staged content.
  • Tests

    • Expanded automated platform testing across Linux, Windows, and macOS, including Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

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The changes add Intel macOS runtime and packaging support, selectable x86-64-v2/v3 profiles, and platform test targets across CI runners. They also update runtime portability and behavior, macOS setup documentation, and translator branch-lifting and continuation-code-generation logic.

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Runtime platform support and macOS delivery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Runtime architecture and build configuration
runtime/CMakeLists.txt, runtime/cmake/HostLibraries.cmake, runtime/cmake/PublicProducts.cmake, Launcher/macos/macos-x86_64-toolchain.cmake, aurora-main/cmake/*, aurora-main/extern/CMakeLists.txt
Runtime CMake adds macOS x86_64 support and selectable x86-64-v2/v3 profiles. Host-library and product-link configuration, cross-architecture dependency discovery, and Aurora dependency settings are updated.
Host architecture and runtime paths
runtime/include/host_context.h, runtime/include/isa/ppc_isa_float.h, runtime/src/host_context.cpp, runtime/src/host_cpu_baseline.cpp, runtime/src/main.cpp, runtime/src/platform/host_platform.cpp
Host-context selection and CPU checks account for Intel macOS and the selected x86 profile. macOS fault handling and Linux executable-directory lookup are added. Paired floating-point operations use scalar fused calculations when x86 FMA is unavailable.
Runtime source compatibility and behavior updates
aurora-main/lib/dolphin/pad/pad.cpp, aurora-main/lib/gfx/*, aurora-main/lib/system_info.cpp, runtime/src/hle/net/*, runtime/src/music_attenuation.cpp
Selected ranges algorithms and std::bit_cast uses are replaced. The replacement index stores entries, the macOS OS-version fallback uses #else, and a TLS write-retry timeout no longer deletes its Wii socket.
Platform test targets and CI execution
runtime/CMakeLists.txt, runtime/cmake/PlatformTests.cmake, runtime/tests/*, .github/workflows/build.yml, .github/workflows/recomp-test.yml
Standalone CTest targets cover platform paths, host contexts, guest memory, floating-point results, and input-expression timing. CI configures and runs platform tests on Linux, Windows, and macOS runners.
macOS app building and setup package
Launcher/local-build-macos.command, Launcher/macos/*, .github/workflows/package.yml, README.md
Launcher scripts build and select architecture-specific tools, publish apps with a configurable minimum macOS version, and refresh packaged workspace sources. The workflow builds and verifies the setup package and includes it in release assets. Documentation describes macOS requirements and setup.

Translator code generation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Linked conditional branch lifting
translator/src/Translator.Core/Lifting/PpcLifter.cs, translator/tests/Translator.Tests/PpcLifterAdditionalCoverageTests.cs
bltl uses the shared bcl lifting path, which assigns the fallthrough address to LR before branching. Tests check the generated IR and branch labels.
Continuation label and dispatch generation
translator/src/Translator.Core/CodeGen/CxxLinearCodeGenerator.cs, translator/tests/Translator.Tests/EmittedOutputShapeTests.cs, translator/tests/Translator.Tests/SharedLrContinuationCodeGenTests.cs
Continuation call counting excludes suppressed calls and inline guest thunks. Generated continuation labels include an empty statement, and tests cover block-end labels and shared-dispatch selection.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PackageWorkflow
  participant BuildSetupPkgCommand
  participant ArchitectureSpecificTools
  participant WiiCompiledSetupPkg
  PackageWorkflow->>ArchitectureSpecificTools: Download and checksum-verify pinned tools
  PackageWorkflow->>BuildSetupPkgCommand: Pass arm64 and x86_64 tool paths
  BuildSetupPkgCommand->>ArchitectureSpecificTools: Verify architecture slices and tool execution
  BuildSetupPkgCommand->>WiiCompiledSetupPkg: Build setup package
  PackageWorkflow->>WiiCompiledSetupPkg: Upload package artifact
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Suggested reviewers: patchzyy

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 9c2ec

Several earlier concerns remain open. The translator may no longer set LR when bltl is not taken, and the macOS package workflow may either let excluded content through or block the release. Resolve or accept these before merging. The remaining items are documentation and macOS setup polish.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 9c2ec

The inspected changes preserve architecture checks and validation of downloaded build inputs. No introduced privilege-escalation path was established. Some installation recovery and release-validation guarantees remain incomplete, and the contribution of the prerequisite Intel macOS work is not fully separated.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • observed — The inspected installation path writes build inputs, products and configuration under the current user's Application Support directory. Installation can target that user's Applications directory or replace the named game apps in shared /Applications after administrator authorization.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The automated package path verifies pinned checksums for downloaded Nod tools, Ninja and CMake. Package verification precedes artifact upload, and release publication depends on packaging success. Installer signing is optional in the builder, so the inspected configuration does not establish a complete mandatory Developer ID and notarization chain.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Architecture-slice verification is mandatory, but executing tools for an architecture unavailable on the packaging host can be deferred with a warning. The workflow checks both slices; setup --help exits before host-tool validation, so those help invocations do not independently prove execution of every packaged tool.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Stage workspace and app replacements separately, serialize mutations of shared build state, and preserve the previous installed app until replacement completes. This would strengthen interruption recovery without treating the current behavior as a verified security vulnerability.
  • proposed — Make execution of both packaged tool sets and the intended release-signing/notarization policy explicit publication requirements. Preserve fail-closed verification rather than bypassing it to accommodate unsigned output.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding experimental x86-64-v2 CPU support for older PCs and Intel Macs.
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In @.github/workflows/package.yml:
- Around line 193-194: Update the payload exclusion check in the package
workflow so a match from `grep` explicitly fails the step. Replace the negated
pipeline with conditional handling that emits an error and exits nonzero when
`pkgutil` output contains `Assets`, `generated`, `PulsarPacks`,
`WiiCompiled.app`, or `RetroRewind.app`; allow the step to continue when there
is no match.

In `@docs/cpu-compatibility-plan.md`:
- Around line 3-5: Update the implementation-status paragraph in the CPU
compatibility plan: replace the link to the absent
cpu-compatibility-foundation.md with a reference to the implementation changes,
and clarify that V2 products are not enabled by default yet. Leave the status on
line 3 unchanged.

In `@Launcher/macos/publish-app.command`:
- Around line 81-82: Update dependency_path and the queue traversal to retain
each copied dylib’s build-tree source path alongside its bundle path. Resolve
`@loader_path` relative to the source file’s directory and `@executable_path`
relative to build_dir, and pass the source path when resolving dependencies so
sibling build-tree dylibs are found.

In `@Launcher/macos/setup.command`:
- Around line 89-91: In the source-copy loop, remove each destination directory
before copying its packaged counterpart with ditto. Update the loop over
aurora-main, projects, runtime, translator, and Launcher so removed package
files cannot remain in the workspace; leave user assets and Retro Rewind content
untouched.

In `@README.md`:
- Around line 123-124: Update the README installation guidance around
WiiCompiled-Setup.pkg to remove the Apple Silicon-only claim and state that the
package includes native tools for Apple Silicon and Intel x86_64-v3 Macs,
selecting the matching set automatically.

In `@translator/src/Translator.Core/Lifting/PpcLifter.cs`:
- Line 1946: Update the bltl handling in PpcLifter to assign ins.EndAddress to
LR unconditionally before the branch decision, preserving the linked-branch LR
update when the branch is not taken. Extend the existing bltl test to assert the
LR value on both taken and not-taken paths.

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  • runtime/src/hle/net/network_internal.h
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