Re: [GIT PULL] x86 fixes for 2.6.30-rc8

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -1535,6 +1535,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
>  			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
>  			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
>  
> +	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
> +			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
> +			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
> +

Does that mean apps using sse8 will see their registers corrupted if
this option is used? Or are new registers sets always added in a way
that kernel has to enable them first?

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