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Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: avoid SSE check for LDMXCSR/STMXCSR

From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich at suse dot com>
Cc: Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 04:37:55 -0800
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: avoid SSE check for LDMXCSR/STMXCSR
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On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:20 AM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com> wrote:
> Neither touches any XMM register, so the check is pointless. It is imo
> even questionable whether in SSE2AVX mode the two should be converted to
> their AVX counterparts.
>
> opcodes/
> 2018-03-07  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>
>
>         * i386-opc.tbl (ldmxcsr, stmxcsr): Add NoAVX.
>         * i386-tlb.h: Re-generate.
>

OK.

Thanks.


-- 
H.J.

References:
- [PATCH 0/3] x86: SSE checking adjustments
  - From: Jan Beulich
- [PATCH 2/3] x86: avoid SSE check for LDMXCSR/STMXCSR
  - From: Jan Beulich

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