On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 7:09 PM Uros Bizjak <ubiz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 4:11 PM H.J. Lu <hjl.to...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 4:03 AM Uros Bizjak <ubiz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 1/19/19, H.J. Lu <hjl.to...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > According to Intel Intrinsics Guide:
> > > >
> > > > https://software.intel.com/sites/landingpage/IntrinsicsGuide/
> > > >
> > > > Intel intrinsics should be available by including <immintrin.h>.  This
> > > > patch moves remaining Intel intrinsics head files from <x86intrin.h> to
> > > > <immintrin.h>.
> > >
> > > I can't find the quoted requirement in the provided link.
> >
> > That is an interactive website.  If you type in "_xgetbv" and click on it,
> > you will get
> >
> > Synopsis
> >
> > unsigned __int64 _xgetbv (unsigned int a)
> > #include <immintrin.h>
> > Instruction: xgetbv
> > CPUID Flags: XSAVE
> >
> > Description
> >
> > Copy up to 64-bits from the value of the extended control register
> > (XCR) specified by a into dst. Currently only XFEATURE_ENABLED_MASK
> > XCR is supported.
> >
> > Operation
> >
> > dst[63:0] := XCR[a]
>
> Ah, thanks for the hint. LGTM, but still needs RM approval.

I wonder, what is/was the purpose of x86intrin.h, considering that
everything can be included from immintrin.h?

Uros.

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