Fix docs regarding optimized builds; replace haswell with v1/v2/v3 etc. (fixes #175)

Signed-off-by: Jason Volk <jason@zemos.net>
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Jason Volk
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You may simply download the binary that fits your machine architecture (x86_64 You may simply download the binary that fits your machine architecture (x86_64
or aarch64). Run `uname -m` to see what you need. or aarch64). Run `uname -m` to see what you need.
Prebuilt fully static musl binaries can be downloaded from the latest tagged Prebuilt fully static binaries can be downloaded from the latest tagged
release [here](https://github.com/matrix-construct/tuwunel/releases/latest) or release [here](https://github.com/matrix-construct/tuwunel/releases/latest) or
`main` CI branch workflow artifact output. These also include Debian/Ubuntu `main` CI branch workflow artifact output. These also include `.deb` packages
packages. for Debian or Ubuntu and `.rpm` packages for Red Hat or Fedora.
These can be curl'd directly from. `ci-bins` are CI workflow binaries by commit These can be curl'd directly from. `ci-bins` are CI workflow binaries by commit
hash/revision, and `releases` are tagged releases. Sort by descending last hash/revision, and `releases` are tagged releases. Sort by descending last
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These binaries have jemalloc and io_uring statically linked and included with These binaries have jemalloc and io_uring statically linked and included with
them, so no additional dynamic dependencies need to be installed. them, so no additional dynamic dependencies need to be installed.
For the **best** performance; if using an `x86_64` CPU made in the last ~15 years, For the **best** performance; if using an `x86_64` CPU made in the last ~10 years,
we recommend using the `-haswell-` optimised binaries. This sets we recommend using the `-v3-` optimised packages. If the server refuses to start
`-march=haswell` which is the most compatible and highest performance with or exits with an "Illegal Instruction" error you will need `-v2-` or `-v1-`
optimised binaries. The database backend, RocksDB, most benefits from this as it packages instead. The database backend, RocksDB, benefits from `-v2-` or greater
will then use hardware accelerated CRC32 hashing/checksumming which is critical as it features performance critical hardware accelerated CRC32 hashing/checksumming.
for performance.
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