+# explicitly check for the list of supported architectures (as listed with make help),
+# the user can override with `make ARCH=x86-32-vnni256 SUPPORTED_ARCH=true`
+ifeq ($(ARCH),$(filter $(ARCH),x86-64-vnni512 x86-64-vnni256 x86-64-avx512 x86-64-bmi2 x86-64-avx2 \
+ x86-64-sse41-popcnt x86-64-modern x86-64-ssse3 x86-64-sse3-popcnt \
+ x86-64 x86-32-sse41-popcnt x86-32-sse2 x86-32 ppc-64 ppc-32 \
+ armv7 armv7-neon armv8 apple-silicon general-64 general-32))
+ SUPPORTED_ARCH=true
+else
+ SUPPORTED_ARCH=false