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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 10/10] x86-32: panic on !CX8 && XMM
    On 02/17/2010 03:00 PM, Yuhong Bao wrote:
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    >> NAK in the extreme.
    >>
    >> This is not how we deal with these kinds of stuff. If this really
    >> matters, we explicitly clear the CPU feature in the feature detect code.
    > Also, don't forget the NT4 CX8 bug with non-Intel/AMD/Cyrix vendors:
    > http://www.geoffchappell.com/studies/windows/km/cpu/cx8.htm
    > If a processor support SSE (or PAE or MMX for that matter), you can pretty much assume CX8 exists even if the feature bit is cleared because of this bug.
    >

    Those kinds of things we *also* deal with by adjusting the CPU features
    in the detection code.

    -hpa


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