linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] x86/cpufeatures: Add {required,disabled} feature configs

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Message-ID: <469D0BEE-76D6-4417-B5B0-0054D3F96784@zytor.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 02:12:35 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] x86/cpufeatures: Add {required,disabled} feature configs

CX8 is the name of the CPUID flag, for better or worse. 

It seems to me to be a bit silly to have dummy symbols that mean literally the same thing, but ...