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Re: [PATCH] x86/cpu: Add AVX512_FP16 cpu feature
From: |
Christophe de Dinechin |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] x86/cpu: Add AVX512_FP16 cpu feature |
Date: |
Wed, 16 Dec 2020 17:19:12 +0100 |
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mu4e 1.5.2; emacs 27.1 |
On 2020-12-16 at 23:40 CET, Cathy Zhang wrote...
> AVX512 Half-precision floating point (FP16) has better performance
> compared to FP32 if the presicion or magnitude requirements are met.
spelling: precision
> It's defined as CPUID.(EAX=7,ECX=0):EDX[bit 23].
>
> Refer to
> https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/download/\
> intel-architecture-instruction-set-extensions-programming-reference.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Cathy Zhang <cathy.zhang@intel.com>
> ---
> target/i386/cpu.c | 2 +-
> target/i386/cpu.h | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
> index ca997a68cd..c4d623b8b9 100644
> --- a/target/i386/cpu.c
> +++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
> @@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ static FeatureWordInfo feature_word_info[FEATURE_WORDS] =
> {
> "avx512-vp2intersect", NULL, "md-clear", NULL,
> NULL, NULL, "serialize", NULL,
> "tsx-ldtrk", NULL, NULL /* pconfig */, NULL,
> - NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
> + NULL, NULL, NULL, "avx512-fp16",
> NULL, NULL, "spec-ctrl", "stibp",
> NULL, "arch-capabilities", "core-capability", "ssbd",
> },
> diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.h b/target/i386/cpu.h
> index c4a49c06a8..6fd675c654 100644
> --- a/target/i386/cpu.h
> +++ b/target/i386/cpu.h
> @@ -784,6 +784,8 @@ typedef uint64_t FeatureWordArray[FEATURE_WORDS];
> #define CPUID_7_0_EDX_SERIALIZE (1U << 14)
> /* TSX Suspend Load Address Tracking instruction */
> #define CPUID_7_0_EDX_TSX_LDTRK (1U << 16)
> +/* AVX512_FP16 instruction */
> +#define CPUID_7_0_EDX_AVX512_FP16 (1U << 23)
> /* Speculation Control */
> #define CPUID_7_0_EDX_SPEC_CTRL (1U << 26)
> /* Single Thread Indirect Branch Predictors */
--
Cheers,
Christophe de Dinechin (IRC c3d)