On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:34:59PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 02/25/2016 12:26 PM, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> > -    * ( This is easy to backport while we are fixing
> > -    *   XSAVES* support. )
> > +    * Most recent CPUs supporting XSAVES can run 64-bit mode.
> > +    * Enable XSAVES for 64-bit.
> >      */
> > -   setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES);
> > +   if (!config_enabled(CONFIG_X86_64))
> > +           setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES);
> >  }
> 
> Is this intended to be permanent?  If so, we would not be able to
> support any future supervisor features on 32-bit.

I was thinking of the 64-bit-only change, but then decided to put it out
for discussion.   

Yu-cheng

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