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Re: PATCH: Require OSXSAVE for AVX run-time tests

From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
To: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak at gmail dot com>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:12:03 -0700
Subject: Re: PATCH: Require OSXSAVE for AVX run-time tests
References: <20100719144358.GA13382@intel.com> <1279555535.19561.8.camel@localhost>

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 07:43 -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
>
>> OSXSAVE is needed for AVX run-time support. This patch adds the OSXSAVE
>> check for AVX run-time tests. ?OK to install?
>
> No, please introduce check_avx_hw_available and
> check_avx_os_support_available, similar to very recent commit that
> "fixed" SSE2 testcases on older solaris OSes.
>

It is easy to check AVX and OSXSAVE bits at run-time. It isn't easy
to implement check_avx_XXXX properly for simulator.


-- 
H.J.

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- Re: PATCH: Require OSXSAVE for AVX run-time tests
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