Re: Candidate Linux ABI for Intel AMX and hypothetical new related features

From: Len Brown
Date: Mon Mar 29 2021 - 11:48:38 EST


On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 5:58 AM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 11:39:18PM -0400, Len Brown wrote:
> > Hi Andy,
> >
> > Say a mainline links with a math library that uses AMX without the
> > knowledge of the mainline.

sorry for the confusion.

mainline = main().

ie. the part of the program written by you, and not the library you linked with.

In particular, the library may use instructions that main() doesn't know exist.

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Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center