Re: [PATCH] x86/umip: Add a umip= cmdline switch

From: Marcus Rückert
Date: Wed Sep 15 2021 - 08:21:38 EST


On Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:34:10 -0700
Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > They're all likely old, arcane applications or games run in wine
> > which people have no access to the source code anyway so come to
> > think of it, the once thing is starting to make more sense to me
> > now.
>
> Indeed, no one has reported "modern" application using these
> instructions.

I am not sure if Blizzard Entertainment would tell us why they use this
CPU instruction in Overwatch. And that game is "only" 5 years old.

darix

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