linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu: Get rid of CONFIG_AS

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Date:   Fri, 18 Jan 2019 13:09:21 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu: Get rid of CONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ

On 2019-01-18 00:24:08 [+0100], Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> 
> This was a "workaround" to probe for binutils which could generate
> FXSAVEQ, apparently gas with min version 2.16. In the meantime, minimal
> required gas version is 2.20 so all those workarounds for older binutils
> can be dropped.

indeed.

> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>

Sebastian