linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/cpufeatures: Enable new SSE/AVX/AVX512 cpu features

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Date:   Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:25:40 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Cc:     "Kammela, Gayatri" <gayatri.kammela@...el.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "hpa@...ux.intel.com" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Kleen, Andi" <andi.kleen@...el.com>,
        "Shankar, Ravi V" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        "Neri, Ricardo" <ricardo.neri@...el.com>,
        "Zhong, Yang" <yang.zhong@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2]  x86/cpufeatures: Enable new SSE/AVX/AVX512 cpu
 features

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 06:02:53PM +0000, Yu, Fenghua wrote:
> As you said, the legacy code doesn't follow spec naming strictly
> and the spec doesn't have uniform naming convention either. We are
> contacting spec author to see if we can follow the same naming
> convention in the future specs.

Whatever you do, you should change it before it hits mainline because
then it becomes user-space visible. So you can fix the kernel format
first and then concentrate on changing the spec.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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