Re: [ 174/262] x86, avx: dont use avx instructions with "noxsave"boot param

[Ben Hutchings]

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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Ben Hutchings
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