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diff --git a/manual/tunables.texi b/manual/tunables.texi index ac8c38f..c9a4cb7 100644 --- a/manual/tunables.texi +++ b/manual/tunables.texi @@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ their own namespace. @menu * Tunable names:: The structure of a tunable name * Memory Allocation Tunables:: Tunables in the memory allocation subsystem +* Hardware Capability Tunables:: Tunables that modify the hardware + capabilities seen by @theglibc{} @end menu @node Tunable names @@ -190,3 +192,24 @@ number of arenas is determined by the number of CPU cores online. For 32-bit systems the limit is twice the number of cores online and on 64-bit systems, it is 8 times the number of cores online. @end deftp + +@node Hardware Capability Tunables +@section Hardware Capability Tunables +@cindex hardware capability tunables +@cindex hwcap tunables +@cindex tunables, hwcap + +@deftp {Tunable namespace} glibc.tune +Behavior of @theglibc{} can be tuned to assume specific hardware capabilities +by setting the following tunables in the @code{tune} namespace: +@end deftp + +@deftp Tunable glibc.tune.hwcap_mask +This tunable supersedes the @env{LD_HWCAP_MASK} environment variable and is +identical in features. + +The @code{AT_HWCAP} key in the Auxilliary Vector specifies instruction set +extensions available in the processor at runtime for some architectures. The +@code{glibc.tune.hwcap_mask} tunable allows the user to mask out those +capabilities at runtime, thus disabling use of those extensions. +@end deftp |