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Commit a30469e7 authored by Suresh Siddha's avatar Suresh Siddha Committed by Ingo Molnar
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x86: add linux kernel support for YMM state



Impact: save/restore Intel-AVX state properly between tasks

Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) introduce 256-bit vector processing
capability. More about AVX at http://software.intel.com/sites/avx

Add OS support for YMM state management using xsave/xrstor infrastructure
to support AVX.

Signed-off-by: default avatarSuresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
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Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
parent 1ee4bd92
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