Re: [PATCH v11 3/4] x86/cpu: Do a sanity check on required feature bits
From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Mar 23 2026 - 18:12:45 EST
On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 03:03:34PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Yes, hence the tainting.
>
> The PAE case is historic, but it was a concrete example I had in my head
> where this issue You also of course mention BIOS settings and there are VMs
> ...
I'm still not convinced. But it is just one function so whateva.
I'll buy you a beer the first time we hit this in conjunction with a real use
case!
(No, silly VMs don't count.)
:-)
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