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AVX512 BFLOAT16 instructions support 16-bit BFLOAT16 floating-point format (BF16) for deep learning optimization. BF16 is a short version of 32-bit single-precision floating-point format (FP32) and has several advantages over 16-bit half-precision floating-point format (FP16). BF16 keeps FP32 accumulation after multiplication without loss of precision, offers more than enough range for deep learning training tasks, and doesn't need to handle hardware exception. AVX512 BFLOAT16 instructions are enumerated in CPUID.7.1:EAX[bit 5] AVX512_BF16. CPUID.7.1:EAX contains only feature bits. Reuse the currently empty word 12 as a pure features word to hold the feature bits including AVX512_BF16. Detailed information of the CPUID bit and AVX512 BFLOAT16 instructions can be found in the latest Intel Architecture Instruction Set Extensions and Future Features Programming Reference. [ bp: Check CPUID(7) subleaf validity before accessing subleaf 1. ] Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok.bae@intel.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@oracle.com> Cc: Peter Feiner <pfeiner@google.com> Cc: Radim Krcmar <rkrcmar@redhat.com> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Cc: "Ravi V Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com> Cc: Robert Hoo <robert.hu@linux.intel.com> Cc: "Sean J Christopherson" <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Thomas Lendacky <Thomas.Lendacky@amd.com> Cc: x86 <x86@kernel.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1560794416-217638-3-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.