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cpufeatures: aarch64 CPU feature runtime detection do exist on Windows

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

Locate the cpufeatures runtime-detection implementation and compare its aarch64 Windows path with the documented IsProcessorFeaturePresent API. Verify the relevant feature mappings and confirm that aarch64 CPU features are detected correctly on Windows without breaking existing platform behavior.

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Description

There is a user-mode API called IsProcessorFeaturePresent could do this.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/processthreadsapi/nf-processthreadsapi-isprocessorfeaturepresent

Dominant language
Rust
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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