linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines

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Date:	Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:07:19 -0800
From:	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@...us-software.ie>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"Yu, Yu-cheng" <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/FPU: Fix FPU handling on legacy FPU machines

On 03/11/2016 02:03 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> I'm still wondering, though, why didn't the Quark people scream
> earlier... And who knows, it was probably b0rked even before the
> FPU rewrite.

I've actually got 4.0 running on my Quark board.  The FPU rewrite
dropped in just after that iirc.