Linux 7.1-rc6 To Hide The Documentation On "clearcpuid" Feature

Linux 7.1-rc6 To Hide The Documentation On “clearcpuid” Feature

The clearcpuid= kernel parameter can be used to disable specific CPUID features for the kernel by specifying the targeted bit numbers of the feature(s) to disable or their flags from the /proc/cpuinfo output. The clearcpuid parameter, for example, has been useful for carrying out AVX-512 comparison benchmarks for apps that check for the presence of the AVX-512 extensions via /proc/cpuinfo. But moving forwar… https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Hide-Docs-clearcpuid