Add an 'march' property to native configuration

core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/NativeConfig.java

@@ -219,6 +219,14 @@ public interface NativeConfig {
      */
     Optional<Boolean> pie();
 
+    /**
+     * Generate instructions for a specific machine type. Defaults to {@code x86-64-v3} on AMD64 and {@code armv8-a} on AArch64.
+     * Use {@code compatibility} for best compatibility, or {@code native} for best performance if a native executable is
+     * deployed on the same machine or on a machine with the same CPU features.
+     * A list of all available machine types is available by executing {@code native-image -march=list}
+     */
+    Optional<String> march();
+
     /**
      * If this build is done using a remote docker daemon.
      */

core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildStep.java

@@ -906,6 +906,9 @@ public NativeImageInvokerInfo build() {
                 if (nativeConfig.enableVmInspection()) {
                     addExperimentalVMOption(nativeImageArgs, "-H:+AllowVMInspection");
                 }
+                if (nativeConfig.march().isPresent()) {
+                    nativeImageArgs.add("-march=" + nativeConfig.march().get());
+                }
 
                 List<NativeConfig.MonitoringOption> monitoringOptions = new ArrayList<>();
                 monitoringOptions.add(NativeConfig.MonitoringOption.HEAPDUMP);

core/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/TestNativeConfig.java

@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ public Optional<Boolean> pie() {
         return Optional.empty();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Optional<String> march() {
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean remoteContainerBuild() {
         return false;

docs/src/main/asciidoc/native-reference.adoc

@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@ To work around that issue, add the following line to the `application.properties
 
 [source, properties]
 ----
-quarkus.native.additional-build-args=-march=compatibility
+quarkus.native.march=compatibility
 ----
 
 Then, rebuild your native executable.