Hi,
Is anyone running an Nvidia card on a CPU that does not support
POPCNT?
I have been reading about Blue Screens of Death being experience by
Windows users due to Nvidia drivers not supporting CPUs which do not
have support for POPCNT.
I am wondering if this issue will affect Linux users too?.
Particularly those who use the Nvidia proprietary drivers. I do not
know if Nouveau drivers will require POPCNT.
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5554
EOL Windows driver support for older CPUs without POPCNT instruction
Updated 06/25/2024 03:05 PM
To check for POPCNT support in Linux I used:
$ grep popcnt /proc/cpuinfo
and/or
$ lscpu | grep popcnt
For my CPU it returned the relevant values of "sse4_2" "popcnt".
George.
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<div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>Is anyone running an Nvidia card on a CPU that does not support POPCNT?</div><div><br></div><div>I have been reading about Blue Screens of Death being experience by Windows users due to Nvidia drivers not supporting
CPUs which do not have support for POPCNT. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I am wondering if this issue will affect Linux users too?. Particularly those who use the Nvidia proprietary drivers. I do not know if Nouveau drivers will require POPCNT.<br><br>
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5554<br>EOL Windows driver support for older CPUs without POPCNT instruction<br>Updated 06/25/2024 03:05 PM</div><div><br></div><div>To check for POPCNT support in Linux I used:</div><div><br></div><div>
$ grep popcnt /proc/cpuinfo</div><div><br></div><div>and/or<br></div><div><br></div><div>$ lscpu | grep popcnt<br></div><div><br></div><div>For my CPU it returned the relevant values of "sse4_2" "popcnt".</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>George.</
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