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To: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: Probing for native availability of isel from userspace
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On Sat, 22 Sep 2012, Segher Boessenkool wrote:

> > Is it possible to determine if _native_ isel is available from userspace
> > somehow?
> 
> Just try to execute one and catch the SIGILL?
> 

Unfortunately my kernel emulates ISEL for me in this case, so i don't
get any SIGILLs.

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