[PATCH 0/4] x86: fold a number of VEX and EVEX templates

[Cui, Lili]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hongtao Liu <crazylht@gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 9:58 AM
> To: Cui, Lili <lili.cui@intel.com>
> Cc: Binutils <binutils@sourceware.org>; H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>;
> Beulich, Jan <JBeulich@suse.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] x86: fold a number of VEX and EVEX templates
> 
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 4:46 PM Jan Beulich via Binutils
> <binutils@sourceware.org> wrote:
> >
> > The last two patches are explicitly RFC, for having a possibly
> > unwanted side effect.
> We're about to send out APX patches, @Lili Cui  cloud you take a look at the
> series?

Since APX only needs to promote the VEX instructions without corresponding EVEX, these folding VEX and EVEX template patches has no effect on our internal APX patches. Since Jan has some predictions on APX. I will send some of APX AFC patches, which need Jan to help review, thanks.

Lili.
> >
> > 1: fold certain VEX and EVEX templates
> > 2: fold VAES/VPCLMULQDQ VEX and EVEX templates
> > 3: fold FMA VEX and EVEX templates
> > 4: fold F16C VEX and EVEX templates
> >
> > Jan
> 
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> BR,
> Hongtao