Re: [PATCH v8 4/5] x86/xsave: Make XSAVE check the base CPUID features before enabling

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Mon Jul 01 2019 - 12:41:07 EST


> So if it is unlikely to have XSAVE but no FXSR I would suggest to add
> "fpu__xstate_clear_all_cpu_caps()" to nofxsr and behave like "nofxsr
> noxsave".

Thanks for the analysis Sebastian. Makes sense.

This would likely work, but I think I would rather just remove the option.

-Andi