On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 13:48 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> bash-4.0$ grep lm /proc/cpuinfo
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov 
> pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc 
> arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 xtpr pdcm movbe 
> lahf_lm
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov 
> pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc 
> arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 xtpr pdcm movbe 
> lahf_lm
> bash-4.0$
> 
> (the lahf_lm flag matches, though I've no idea what it means).

arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h says it indicates whether the
LAHF/SAHF (load status flags to AH /save AH to status flags)
instructions are available in long mode.

I'm not sure what it implies if you have lahf_lm but not lm!

Regards,
Bryn.


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