Re: [PATCH 10/10] x86-32: panic on !CX8 && XMM

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 02/17/2010 03:00 PM, Yuhong Bao wrote:
> 
>> 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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