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From:   Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:36:46 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 22/22] x86/fpu/xstate: Introduce boot-parameters to
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On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 9:50 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:

> Please provide the architectural document which guarantees that and does
> so in a way that it can be evaluated by the kernel. Have not seen that,
> so it does not exist at all.
>
>   Future CPUID attributes are as useful as the tweet of today.

I will do so the moment I am permitted.
I'm fine with dropping patch 22 until it can rely on the assurance of
that architectural feature.

thanks,
Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center