Linux Kernel Gets Patches For New CPU Instructions On Intel Tremont & Later

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux Kernel Gets Patches For New CPU Instructions On Intel Tremont & Later

The open-source upbringing of Intel's Tremont micro-architecture is continuing with some new Linux kernel patches outed today...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-New-Tremont-Instructions

[linuxgeex]

That umwait will be super handy for spinlocks with SMT.

[willmore]

The TPAUSE "Timed Pause" instruction is perhaps most interesting and tells the proper to enter an optimized state of either lightweight power/performance or improved power/performance states.

Maybe "processor" and not "proper?

[Michael]

Maybe "processor" and not "proper?

Yep typo, thanks fixed.