Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [ 174/262] x86, avx: dont use avx instructions with "noxsave" boot param | From | Ben Hutchings <> | Date | Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:15:57 +0100 |
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On Mon, 2012-10-08 at 07:55 +0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Userland should use a different query mechanism. On the other hand, > it will not hurt either. On pre-xsave kernels AVX is a non-option. [...]
OK, having looked at what the SDM says I agree that there shouldn't be a problem for userland.
Ben.
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