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by luser1024 2469 days ago
> The patch however sneakily removes the chance ...

If they haven't tested on other processors, should they leave code in because it has a "chance" to work on something else? I think both sides of this question could be legitimately argued so I wouldn't jump to calling it "evil".

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What do you mean `"chance" to work`? If the CPU claims to support an instruction, it's perfectly fine to treat it as supporting the instruction.