Windows 11 24H2 added a dependency on the POPCNT instruction, causing CPUs that ...

		matja 22 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux Windows 11 24H2 added a dependency on the POPCNT instruction, causing CPUs that don't have it - which were otherwise fine, to fail to even boot Windows. What will be the next instruction/ISA extension that is only supported since Intel 11th Gen that there will be a hard dependency on? Any bets?

And they fixed it. A bug like that is a seperate category of problem entirely.