linux-kernel - Re: [patch] x86, avx: don't use avx instructions with "noxsave" boot param

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Message-ID: <20120801204226.0b05b63b@notabene.brown>
Date:	Wed, 1 Aug 2012 20:42:26 +1000
From:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, james.t.kukunas@...ux.intel.com,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] x86, avx: don't use avx instructions with "noxsave"
 boot param

On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:29:14 -0700 Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, 2012-07-31 at 09:43 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > My main reason for thinking that it would be good to clear the bits is 
> > that it plays a lot nicer with alternatives and with static_cpu_has().
> 
> Fair enough. Neil, can you please drop the previous patch and Peter,
> please queue this for v3.6. Thanks.
>

Dropped.  Thanks,

NeilBrown

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