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From:   Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:24:24 +0100
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Subject: Re: Revisiting XFD-based AMX and heterogenous systems
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
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On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 1:22 AM Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:

> Sure, but I bet the demand will be there.  The desktop gamer types will flip off E cores and flip on AVX512 and call it a day.  But the ones who want battery life will be annoyed, and I bet someone at Intel is contemplating how to switch it at runtime.

The premise of this thread is erroneous.
See Arjan's response.


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Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center