x86: add linux kernel support for YMM state
authorSuresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:21:24 +0000 (15:21 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:08:56 +0000 (13:08 +0200)
commita30469e7921a6dd2067e9e836d7787cfa0105627
tree6a5418033c233648b436610a6f6730f37ba80144
parent1ee4bd92a7aa49eb66c8d5672e837090d3e7b7ff
x86: add linux kernel support for YMM state

Impact: save/restore Intel-AVX state properly between tasks

Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) introduce 256-bit vector processing
capability. More about AVX at http://software.intel.com/sites/avx

Add OS support for YMM state management using xsave/xrstor infrastructure
to support AVX.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <1239402084.27006.8057.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
arch/x86/include/asm/sigcontext.h
arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h
arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c