Newer x86 CPUs support the XSAVE instruction which allows new features to be added to user space with very trivial enabling (which could at least theoretically be allowed at boot time, although we currently don't have such an option.)| In your opinion, are those kinds of patches appropriate for stable? -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html