Re: Candidate Linux ABI for Intel AMX and hypothetical new related features
From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-06-23 23:12:09
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On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 11:07 AM Florian Weimer [off-list ref] wrote:
* Peter Zijlstra:quoted
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 04:44:58PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:quoted
And we added an interface for querying x86 CPU features to glibc 2.33 which is completely incompatible with this because it assumes that CPU features do not change during the lifetime of a process. 8-(How many x86 kernel maintainers signed off on that patch?I've started a new thread: x86 CPU features detection for applications (and AMX) <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-api/87tulo39ms.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com/ (local)>
FWIW, I didn't receive it, because you excluded linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (x86@kernel.org is just the actual x86 kernel committers, ISTR) Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center