Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] x86/cpu/intel: Simplify F00F bug notice using pr_notice_once()

From: Maciej W. Rozycki

Date: Wed May 27 2026 - 05:31:24 EST


On Wed, 27 May 2026, David Laight wrote:

> > However, x87 should be testable on any x86 silicon.
>
> And gets used for 'long double' on x86-64.
>
> If full precision is enabled there are a whole lot of horrid corner cases.
> Mostly due to correctly generating the FP signals when the 80bit return
> value from a function is written to a 64bit 'double'.

No IEEE quad for `long double' still, not even on 64-bit hw? Weird.

Maciej