Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2021-07-08

Re: x86 CPU features detection for applications (and AMX)

From: Florian Weimer <hidden>
Date: 2021-07-08 14:41:21
Also in: linux-arch, lkml

Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)

* Dave Hansen:
That's kinda my whole point.

These *MUST* be curated to be meaningful.  Right now, someone just
dumped a set of CPUID bits into the documentation.

The interface really needs *three* modes:

1. Yes, the CPU/OS supports this feature
2. No, the CPU/OS doesn't support this feature
3. Hell if I know, never heard of this feature
	
The interface really conflates 2 and 3.  To me, that makes it
fundamentally flawed.
That's an interesing point.

3 looks potentially more useful than the feature/usable distinction to
me.

The recent RTM change suggests that there are more states, but we
probably can't do much about such soft-disable changes.

Thanks,
Florian
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