x86, xsave: struct _fpstate extensions to include extended state information
authorSuresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:29:24 +0000 (10:29 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:49:27 +0000 (19:49 +0200)
Bytes 464..511 in the current 512byte layout of fxsave/fxrstor
frame, are reserved for SW usage. On cpu's supporting xsave/xrstor, these bytes
are used to extended the fpstate pointer in the sigcontext, which now includes
the extended state information along with fpstate information.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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