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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] arm64/hwcap: Add hwcap for FEAT_LSFE
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On 6/27/25 18:20, Mark Brown wrote:
> FEAT_LSFE (Large System Float Extension), providing atomic floating point
> memory operations, is optional from v9.5. This feature adds no new
> architectural stare and we have no immediate use for it in the kernel so
> simply provide a hwcap for it to support discovery by userspace.

nit: s/stare/state/

Thanks,

Ben