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SubjectRe: [patch] x86: add linux kernel support for YMM state

* Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> wrote:

> From: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
> Subject: x86: add linux kernel support for YMM state
>
> Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) introduce 256-bit vector
> processing capability. More about AVX at
> http://software.intel.com/sites/avx
>
> Add OS support for YMM state management using xsave/xrstor
> infrastructure to support AVX.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>

This looks very straightforward - if a CPU announces this capability
we save/restore that state via xsave/xrstor.

So i've applied it to x86/urgent - looks uncontroversial enough to
still go into 2.6.30. Have you tested it on real silicon too?

Ingo



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