On Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:06:58 +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
FEAT_LSE and FEAT_PAN have been around for a *very* long time (ARMv8.1
was published 11 years ago), and it is about time we enable these by
default. The additional text is very small, the advantages pretty
large in terms of performance (LSE) and security (PAN), and it is very
hard to find a semi-modern machine that doesn't have these (even the
RPi5 is ARMv8.2...).
[...]
Applied first two to arm64 (for-next/cpufeature), thanks!
[1/3] arm64: Unconditionally enable LSE support
https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/6191b25d8bd9
[2/3] arm64: Unconditionally enable PAN support
https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/018a231b0260
Cheers,
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