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📰 Linux Preparing To Retire Its 32-bit MSR Interfaces

Currently measuring in at 32 patches, SUSE engineer Juergen Gross has been leading the effort to end the Linux kernel's usage of their 32-bit model specific register (MSR) interfaces so the more modern 64-bit interfaces can be exclusively used. This allows for better code unification and cleaning up the MSR code...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Ending-32-bit-MSR-Work

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Phoronix Linux Preparing To Retire Its 32-bit MSR Interfaces Currently measuring in at 32 patches, SUSE engineer Juergen Gross has been leading the effort to end the Linux kernel's usage of their 32-bit model specific register (MSR) interfaces so the more modern 64-bit interfaces can be exclusively used

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